McCann may follow Coppola upriver and Conrad to the heart of darkness but the concerns of his novel are contemporary and urgent and utterly compelling. This is an ambitious novel, note perfect, wild but controlled, with its deft apparatus mapping our most mysterious 21st century malaise - the great loneliness of the connected world -- KEVIN BARRY
A Graham Greene-ish thriller ... Dark, moving and very entertaining -- Alex Preston * OBSERVER, Fiction to look out for in 2025 *
A thrilling tale of a man all at sea * FINANCIAL TIMES, What to read in 2025 *
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 -- ELIF SHAFAK
Electrifying, propulsive ... a masterful exploration of the elemental forces at work just below the surface of all our lives -- COLIN WALSH
With echoes of Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Twist by Colum McCann, his follow-up to the acclaimed Apeirogon, follows two Irishmen off Africa as vital underwater cables are repaired, and sabotaged * IRISH TIMES, Fiction to look out for in 2025 *
Colum McCann gives us a powerfully realist novel of men at sea, literally, emotionally, and metaphorically. It speaks of the brokenness of our time, the successful and unsuccessful attempts at repairs, and the vulnerability of our world. The spirit of Joseph Conrad hovers over the text, but here the heart of darkness lies at the bottom of the ocean -- SALMAN RUSHDIE
Praise for Colum McCann: McCann writes with an amazing abundance of humanity -- ELIZABETH STROUT
McCann is an empathy engine * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW *
A giant amongst us - fearless, huge-hearted, a poet with every living breathe -- PETER CAREY
An audacious and wonderfully skilled writer -- JOSEPH O'CONNOR
A great writer prepared to take risks * DAILY MAIL *
Colum McCann is a very gifted, charming writer; in full, rhapsodic-onrush mode, he is hard to resist * GUARDIAN *
McCann writes with a ferocious eloquence and a masterly sense of narrative * SPECTATOR *