Let the Great World Spin uses Philippe Petit's famous high-wire crossing between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre in 1974 as a motif around which to assemble the stories of 10 New York characters.
The novel, which won the coveted National Book award in the United States in 2009, was de-scribed by the Impac judging panel as a "remarkable literary work".
Congratulations to Colum on this marvellous achievement. On his visits home to see his parents Colum is a frequent and always welcome visitor to the school and has addressed senior English students on several occasion
