Deep underwater setting immerses readers in a hidden world and human connection
Complex narrative structure challenges assumptions about truth and storytelling
Features a diverse cast of characters including Irish journalist, engineer, and South African actress
Themes of rupture, repair, and belonging resonate with contemporary readers
Award-winning author Colum McCann delivers a thought-provoking literary work
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“Everything gets fixed, and we all stay broken.”
Anthony Fennell, an Irish journalist and playwright, is assigned to cover the underwater cables that carry the world’s information. The sum of human existence—words, images, transactions, memes, voices, viruses—travels through the tiny fiber-optic tubes. But sometimes the tubes break, at an
