2013 1st year edition; SIGNED BY COLUM CCCANN on inside page label; Random House publishers, New York; hardbound in ivory boards with metal foil lettering along spine; very good condition with unmarked pages; dust jacket very good.
 
Description -
TransAtlantic is a novel by Colum McCann, published in June 2013.
Based upon the book, Colum wrote the lyrics for Clannad's song "TransAtlantic", released with the album Nádúr in September 2013. He also wrote the liner notes for the album.
 
Plot -
It tells the intertwined stories of Alcock and Brown (the first non-stop transatlantic fliers in 1919), the visit of Frederick Douglass to Ireland in 1845/46, and the story of the Irish peace process as negotiated by Senator George Mitchell in 1998. The book fuses these stories with fictional narratives of women spanning the course of two centuries.