Let the Great World Spin

I just finished reading Colum McCann's novel 'Let the Great World Spin' and if you're a New Yorker, I suggest picking up this book. Set in the difficult summer of 1974 (Vietnam and WaterGate era) it chronicle the lives of an unconventional Irish priest, heroin abusing prostitutes, upper east side socialites,  and a judge whose lives all cross paths in the big apple. The  unlikely event that ties their lives together is a man dancing in air on a tight rope between the Twin towers. The city pauses in disbelief and wonder as this man captures the imagination of even the most cynical.  McCann's descriptions of the city and particularly the Bronx resonated with me -- gypsy cabs, bodegas, and gum ball machines. A masterpiece and the best book I've ever read about New York City and the amazing people who are  its' lifeblood. 

There were so many quotes that resonated with me; Here's one: 'Find in others the ongoing of ourselves' and in a way it sums up how the seemingly disconnected lives of a hooker, priest, judge, an artist, tight rope walker and me the reader are all very connected in the fabric of a great world that spins on.