{"product_id":"9781466848702","title":"This Side of Brightness: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eSongdogs\u003c\/i\u003e, a magnificent work of imagination and history set in the tunnels of New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early years of the century, Nathan Walker leaves his native Georgia for New York City and the most dangerous job in America. A sandhog, he burrows beneath the East River, digging the tunnel that will carry trains from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Above ground, the sandhogs--black, white, Irish, Italian--keep their distance from each other until a spectacular accident welds a bond between Walker and his fellow diggers--a bond that will bless and curse the next three generations. Years later, Treefrog, a homeless man driven below by a shameful secret, endures a punishing winter in his subway nest. In tones ranging from bleak to disturbingly funny, Treefrog recounts his strategies of survival--killing rats, scavenging for discarded soda cans, washing in the snow. Between Nathan Walker and Treefrog stretch seventy years of ill-fated loves and unintended crimes. In a triumph of plotting, the two stories fuse to form a tale of family, race, and redemption that is as bold and fabulous as New York City itself. In \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Brightness\u003c\/i\u003e, Colum McCann confirms his place in the front ranks of modern writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182171373808,"sku":"9781466848702","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466848702_p0.jpg?v=1763685886","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466848702","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}