Colum McCann was born in Dublin on February 28, 1965.McCann worked as a reporter for the Irish Press Group and had his own column in the paper when he was 21. McCann left Ireland in 1986 and after he graduated from the University of Texas at Austen he began writing short stories. Songdogs is his first novel.
Book Review:Colum McCann's first novel deals with the disappearance of a mother and the legacy left behind for her son.
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Book Review:Zoli and her grandfather stumble on a lake where their family have been drowned by Fascist guards. Horrified they join a clan of travelling harpists. Zoli becomes well known as a singer. As her fame has grow she has managed to learn a lot through reading. She becomes embroiled in a political intrigue and finds it impossible to get out of.