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Colum McCann Wins National Book Award

Dave Eggers, Gore Vidal also honored at New York ceremony

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 19, 2009 9:12 AM CST

(Newser) – Irish-born author Colum McCann won the National Book Award for his novel Let the Great World Spin, a fictional take on the effects of Philippe Petit’s 1970s tightrope walk between the Twin Towers on multiple New Yorkers. The non-fiction prize at last night’s...   Read full story »

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