Colm Tóibín’s Long Island (Picador), the ... Tóibín is the current Laureate for Irish Fiction and the author of 10 previous novels – three of which were nominated for the Booker Prize ...

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Colm Toibín's Long Island, the sequel to Brooklyn which took the literary and film world by storm, has been named as Waterstone's Irish Book of the Year. The novel reunites readers with ...

A shocking piece of news propels Eilis back to Ireland, to a world she thought she had long left behind. Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of eleven novels and two collections ...

This year, our Fresh Air book critic highlights alternative history, suspense, satire — and some of the most extraordinary letters ever written. Here are Maureen Corrigan's 10 best books of 2024.

Colm Tóibín unpacks the work of Elizabeth Bishop and Thom Gunn ... 1690-1762), dressed in a wig, surrounded by books and scientific instruments. Fara Dabhoiwala... Colin Burrow and Clare Bucknell look ...

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