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Author Colum McCann's novel 'Twist' explores isolation in the internet age
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June 16, 2025
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7:37Now PlayingHow lost are we without our devices? Or putting it more simply, as novelist Colum McCann might: just how isolated are we? His new novel "Twist" asks big questions through a story of characters literally at sea. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown has this profile of the book and its writer for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
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