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There is something interesting and intriguing to be found on almost every page – Rachel Cooke * Guardian *
Toibin has a hawk-like eye for literary subtleties, and a generosity towards his subjects that is warm and unacademic. * The Sunday Times *
Toibin has a hawk-like eye for literary subtleties, and a generosity towards his subjects that is warm and unacademic. * The Sunday Times *
Full of insight and intrigue * Observer *
Searching, funny, generous * Irish Times *
Subtle, witty and often deeply moving * New Statesman *
If there is a more brilliant writer than Tóibín working today, I don’t know who that would be – Karen Joy Fowler
Toibin is a supple, subtle thinker, alive to hints and undertones, wary of absolute truths * New Statesman *
A consistently revealing look at how writers’ relationships have influenced their work * Sunday Telegraph on ‘New Ways to Kill Your Mother’ *
A wide-ranging and enlightening study of the potentially stifling family and the individual spirit of the writer * Sunday Times on ‘New Ways to Kill Your Mother’ *

Colm Tóibín was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of nine novels including The Master, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary and Nora Webster and, most recently, House of Names. His work has been shortlisted for the Booker three times, won the Costa Novel Award and the Impac Award. He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction. He lives in Dublin.

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