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Colm Tóibín: Brooklyn
Colm Tóibín is one of those writers who works slowly and never disappoints. I think of him as a sort of Irish Ishiguro: five years per novel, and always on the shortlist for the Booker Prize. His last… more →
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Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
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Kerry wrote 2 months ago: Brooklyn is an elegant novel. Toibin efficiently tells the story of Eilis Lacey, a young woman from … more →
Colm Tóibín -- Brooklyn
Jonathan Birch wrote 4 months ago: As I read the last 50 pages or so of Brooklyn, the new novel by twice Booker-shortlisted author Colm … more →
Colm Tóibín: Brooklyn
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John Self wrote 7 months ago: Colm Tóibín is one of those writers who works slowly and never disappoints. I think of him as a sort … more →
TSS on TSS (1): Mothers and Sons - Colm Tóibín
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lizzysiddal wrote 1 year ago: T(he) S(hort) S(tory) on T(he) S(unday) S(alon) At the recent Edinburgh Book Festival event, Colm Tó … more →
Lizzy at the Edinburgh Book Festivals (5)
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lizzysiddal wrote 1 year ago: Tuesday 19.08.2008 I confess my enthusiasm was wearing a little thin at the end of week one. A coup … more →
Zadie Smith (ed.): The Book of Other People
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John Self wrote 2 years ago: There’s nothing like a striking cover to get me interested in a book. And what better than thi … more →
Colm Tóibín: The Blackwater Lightship
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John Self wrote 2 years ago: Colm Toibin’s (whose surname I am going to denude of its accents from here on, partly because … more →
