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Colm Tóibín


Ireland (b.1955)

Colm Tóibín (born 1955 in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish novelist and critic.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Historical, Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
May 2024

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Long Island
(Eilis Lacey, book 2)
Series
Eilis Lacey
   1. Brooklyn (2009)
   2. Long Island (2024)
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Novels
   The South (1990)
   The Heather Blazing (1992)
   The Story of the Night (1996)
   The Blackwater Lightship (1999)
   The Master (2004)
   The Testament of Mary (2012)
   Nora Webster (2014)
   House of Names (2017)
   The Magician (2021)
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Collections
   Mothers and Sons (2006)
   From the Republic of Conscience (2009) (with others)
   The Empty Family (2010)
   Vinegar Hill (poems) (2022)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Use of Reason (2006)
   The Shortest Day (2020)
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Anthologies edited
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Series contributed to
Finbar's Hotel
   Finbar's Hotel (1997) (with others)
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Plays show
 
Non fiction show
 
Colm Tóibín recommends
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Wild Houses (2024)
Colin Barrett
"Wild Houses has a rare momentum that comes from the rhythms of the sentences, the vivid descriptions and the brilliantly chosen details. The momentum emerges also from the depth and complexity of the main characters and the wide sweep of the narrative. In a small town in the west of Ireland over a few days, a whole world, memorable and edgy, is captured for the reader."
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My Friends (2024)
Hisham Matar
"My Friends is a brilliant novel about innocence and experience, about friendship, family, and exile. It makes clear, once more, that Hisham Matar is a supremely talented novelist."
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Day (2023)
Michael Cunningham
"In Day, Michael Cunningham displays his great gift for creating memorable characters, for noticing the world in all its oddness and beauty, for writing about love and loss in tones that are both unsparing and tender."

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Anthologies containing stories by Colm Tóibín
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Head Land (2016)
10 Years of the Edge Hill Short Story Prize
edited by
Rodge Glass

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Awards
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (1999) : The Blackwater Lightship
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Best Novel nominee (2001) : The Blackwater Lightship
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2004) : The Master
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Best Novel winner (2006) : The Master
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2009) : Brooklyn
Costa Book Awards Best Novel winner (2009) : Brooklyn
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Best Novel nominee (2011) : Brooklyn
Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2013) : The Testament of Mary
Costa Book Awards Best Novel nominee (2014) : Nora Webster
Rathbone Folio Prize Best Book nominee (2015) : Nora Webster


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