This Side of Brightness

<p><b>From the <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of <i>Apeirogon </i>and <i>Let the Great World Spin</i><br><br>‘Vivid, potent, beautiful’ Maggie O’Farrell<br></b><br>At the turn of the twentieth century, Nathan Walker comes to New York City to take the most dangerous job in the country: digging the tunnel far beneath the Hudson that will carry trains from Brooklyn to Manhattan. In the dark bowels of the riverbed, the workers – Black, white, Irish and Italian – dig together. Above ground, the men keep their distance from one another.<br><br>But a dramatic accident on a bitter winter’s day welds a bond between Walker and his fellow workers, which will both bless and curse three generations. A love story of other times for these, our times, <i>This Side of Brightness</i> is an unforgettable story of race, faith and family.<br><br><b>‘Riveting and devastating’ <i>Observer</i></b><br><br><b>‘McCann writes with unusual truthfulness about poverty, degradation and love’ <i>Daily Telegraph</i></b><br><br> <b>‘Brilliant … A dramatic memorial to the working-men who built the greatest of modern cities’ <i>Financial Times</i></b></p>