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Book Description
This is an acute, masterful, and moving collection that confirms Tóibín as a great prose stylist of our time. From the Hardcover edition.
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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Strangers in the Family
Colm Toibin’s first book of stories begins with a man on an upper balcony, looking out on a city that is a “great emptiness.” The image is a haunting one, if only because Toibin’s last, much acclaimed novel, “The Master,” was preoccupied with a man w ... (read full critics)
nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010
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Keeping mum
Mothers and Sons by Colm Tóibín 311pp, Picador, £12.99 The uneven but often moving new collection by the Irish novelist Colm Tóibín is less cosy than its title suggests. In three longer stories and six brief ones, there is strong sentiment, yes, but ... (read full critics)