Colm Tóibín






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avg rating: 3.65 | 3,313 ratings | 829 reviews | 37 distinct works | 6 fans
Brooklyn: A Novel Brooklyn: A Novel
by Colm Tóibín
avg rating 3.67 — 813 ratings — published 2009
12 editions
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The Master: A Novel The Master: A Novel
by Colm Tóibín
avg rating 3.74 — 607 ratings — published 2004
25 editions
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The Blackwater Lightship The Blackwater Lightship
by Colm Tóibín
avg rating 3.76 — 309 ratings — published 1999
15 editions
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Mothers and Sons: Stories Mothers and Sons: Stories
by Colm Tóibín
avg rating 3.65 — 171 ratings — published 2006
17 editions
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The Story of the Night: A Nove... The Story of the Night: A Novel
by Colm Tóibín
avg rating 3.60 — 107 ratings — published 1996
11 editions
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The Heather Blazing The Heather Blazing
by Colm Tóibín
avg rating 3.77 — 66 ratings — published 1992
6 editions
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The South The South
by Colm Tóibín
avg rating 3.65 — 46 ratings — published 1990
5 editions
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Love in a Dark Time: And Other... Love in a Dark Time: And Other Explorations of Gay Lives and Literature
by Colm Tóibín
avg rating 3.72 — 25 ratings — published 2002
6 editions
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Homage to Barcelona Homage to Barcelona
by Colm Tóibín
avg rating 3.57 — 14 ratings — published 1990
3 editions
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The Sign of the Cross: Travels... The Sign of the Cross: Travels in Catholic Europe (Vintage Departures)
by Colm Tóibín
avg rating 3.67 — 9 ratings — published 1994
5 editions
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Colm TóibínMothers and Sons: Stories
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From the author of "The Master", a moving novel about a young immigrant in 1950s Brooklyn torn betwe...more
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"in skies of deepening blue
the moon, heaven's queen
was now afloat"
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"..Some of our loves and attachments are elemental and beyond our choosing, and for that very reason they come spiced with pain and regret and need and hollowness and a feeling as close to anger as I will ever be able to imagine. "
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"As I settled down to sleep in that new bed in the dark city, I saw that it was too late now, too late for everything. I would not be given a second chance. In the hours when I woke, I have to tell you that this struck me almost with relief."
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