Twist: A Novel by Colum McCann (3/25/25)

**PREORDER TODAY - ON SALE - MARCH 25, 2025**

A propulsive novel of repair and connection in the internet age, delving into a hidden world deep under the ocean-from the New York Times bestselling author of Let the Great World Spin.

"We are all creatures in the smash-up," begins Anthony Fennell, an Irish journalist who boards a boat bound for West Africa where deep-sea cable lines, responsible for transmitting information and powering the global internet, have just ruptured. Embarking on a journey to discover the complex world of the underwater cables, he meets the doomed John A. Conway, the chief of mission on a cable repair vessel. Conway's life unravels as he tries to hold together the complicated underwater job, leading him to a spectacular act of defiance that sends a shiver around the world. But Fennell's life also unravels alongside him, until both men have to confront the most elemental questions of life, love, and belonging. With echoes of Heart of Darkness and The Great Gatsby, Twist is a mosaic for our broken times.