Colum McCann to explore his latest novel ‘Twist’ at Lime Tree Theatre on Saturday, March 8

Colum McCann will be interviewed by Dr Deirdre Flynn of Mary Immaculate College on Saturday, March 8.

Join internationally acclaimed author Colum McCann for an evening exploring his latest novel Twist — a darkly epic tale of connection, disconnection, and destruction

Colum McCann will be interviewed by Dr Deirdre Flynn, lecturer in 21st Century Literature at MIC Limerick, Director of the BA in English and Drama, and a published scholar in Irish Studies and contemporary literature. Don’t miss this engaging evening of conversation and storytelling.

The author of six novels and two collections of stories will explore his latest novel ‘Twist’ at a special evening in conversation at Lime Tree Theatre this Saturday, March 8.

His most recent novel, Apeirogon, was longlisted for The Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, shortlisted for the Prix Femina & The Prix Medicis,  Shortlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award and winner of both the Prix Du Meilleur Livres Étranger and the National Jewish Book Awards. His fiction has been published in thirty-five languages. He lives in New York.

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‘Twist’ is a darkly epic novel about connection, disconnection and destruction – from the New York Timesbestselling, National Book Award-winning, Booker Prize-longlisted author of Let the Great World Spin.

Kevin Barry described the novel as “Urgent and utterly compelling … Wild but controlled, with its deft apparatus mapping our most mysterious 21st-century malaise – the great loneliness of the connected world”

Salman Rushdie said, “A powerfully realist novel of men at sea … It speaks of the brokenness of our time, the successful and unsuccessful attempts at repairs, and the vulnerability of our world”

Elif Shafak said, “Masterfully woven and delicately layered, and told with such calm wisdom that it will take your breath away. Engrossing, deeply moving and consistently honest, Colum McCann is one of our greatest storytellers.”

‘Twist’ follows Anthony Fennell, a journalist, who is in pursuit of a story buried at the bottom of the sea: the network of tiny fibre-optic tubes that carry the world’s information across the ocean floor – and what happens when they break.

So he has travelled to Cape Town to board the George Lecointe, a cable repair vessel captained by Chief of Mission John Conway. Conway is a talented engineer and fearless freediver – and Fennell is quickly captivated by this mysterious, unnerving man and his beautiful partner, Zanele.

As the boat embarks along the west coast of Africa, Fennell learns the rhythms of life at sea, and finds his place among the band of drifters who make up the crew. But as the mission falters, tensions simmer – and Conway is thrown into crisis.

A terrible, violent tragedy is unfolding in the life he has left behind on land; and, trapped out at sea, it seems as if the vast expanse of the ocean is closing in. Then Conway disappears; and Fennell must set out to find him.

As taut and propulsive as a thriller, and a timeless exploration of narrative and truth, Twist is the work of a master storyteller at the height of his powers.