Let the Great World Spin by , is the winner of the 2011 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest prize worldwide for a single work of fiction published in English. Nominations are submitted by public libraries worldwide. The annual award is $15,8640 Canadian, or 100,000 British pounds..
The prize is open to novels written in any language and by authors of any nationality, provided the work has been published in English or English translation. Dublin City Public Libraries seek nominations from public libraries from major cities across the world. The longlist is announced in October or November of each year, and the shortlist (up to 10 titles) is announced in March or April of the year following. The longlist and shortlist are chosen by an international panel of judges which rotates each year.
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Winner of the 2011 Impac Dubin Award and the National Book Award for Fiction 2009 One August morning in 1974, a tightrope walker makes his way between the World Trade Center towers, st...