novel. The album is narrated from the perspective of the character Tillie. It was recorded with Hurley's band The Gents—James Mastro (Ian Hunter), Tony Shanahan (Patti Smith), and Ken Margolis (Cracker)—and features The Chieftains' Paddy Moloney, Matt Sweeney, soul singer Tami Lynn, film actress Antonique Smith, Denis Diken and Joe McGinty. It was produced by Don Fleming and Hurley. References External links Small Talk: Colum McCann, Financial Times, 29 August 2009 2009 American novels Fiction set in the 1970s National Book Award for Fiction winning works Novels set in New York City Nonlinear narrative novels Novels with multiple narrators