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1. From what narrative perspective is the Prologue related? Who is the focus of this section of the book?

The Prologue is related from a third-person, omniscient narrator. The narrator describes the event that ties the stories together: the performance of a tightrope walker who crosses between the World Trade Center towers in August of 1974.

2. What action breaks the initial tension described in the Prologue? Why?

The tension is both broken and exposed when someone yells "Do it, asshole!" because the watchers begin to laugh and because the sentiment is shared amongst them all. Finally, they see the person bend over and then something falling, although it was just a shirt.

3. From what narrative perspective is Book One, Chapter 1: “All Respects to Heaven, I Like It Here” related? Who is the focus of this chapter?

The narrative of Chapter 1 is related from the first-person perspective of Ciaran Corrigan, who remains unnamed in the chapter. Ciaran describes his younger brother, John Andrew Corrigan, who is the main focus of the chapter.

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