About Colm Tóibín
Colm Tóibín (born 1955 in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish novelist and critic.
Novels
The South (1990)
The Heather Blazing (1992)
The Story of the Night (1996)
The Blackwater Lightship (1999)
The Master (2004)
Brooklyn (2009)
The Testament of Mary (2012)
The Heather Blazing (1992)
The Story of the Night (1996)
The Blackwater Lightship (1999)
The Master (2004)
Brooklyn (2009)
The Testament of Mary (2012)
Collections
Mothers and Sons (2006)
From the Republic of Conscience: Stories Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2009) (with Maeve Binchy, John Boyne, John Connolly, Roddy Doyle, Seamus Heaney, Jennifer Johnston, Neil Jordan, Colum McCann and Frank McCourt)
The Empty Family (2010)
From the Republic of Conscience: Stories Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2009) (with Maeve Binchy, John Boyne, John Connolly, Roddy Doyle, Seamus Heaney, Jennifer Johnston, Neil Jordan, Colum McCann and Frank McCourt)
The Empty Family (2010)
Plays
Novellas
Series contributed to
Finbar's Hotel (with Dermot Bolger, Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, Hugo Hamilton, Jennifer Johnston and Joseph O'Connor)
Finbar's Hotel (1997)
Finbar's Hotel (1997)
Anthologies edited
Soho Square: New Writing from Ireland Bk. 6 (1993)
New Writing from Ireland (1994)
Irish Short Stories (1997)
The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction (1999)
Picador New Writing: Vol 11 (2002) (with Andrew O'Hagan)
Synge: A Celebration (2012)
New Writing from Ireland (1994)
Irish Short Stories (1997)
The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction (1999)
Picador New Writing: Vol 11 (2002) (with Andrew O'Hagan)
Synge: A Celebration (2012)
Non fiction
Seeing Is Believing (1985)
Walking Along the Border (1987)
Homage to Barcelona (1990)
Dubliners (1992)
Bad Blood: A Walk Along the Irish Border (1994)
The Sign of the Cross: Travels in Catholic Europe (1994)
The Trial of the Generals (1995)
The Guinness Book of Ireland (1995) (with Bernard Loughlin)
Kilfenosa Teaboy: Study of Paul Durcan (1996)
Joseph Grigely: Conversations And Portraits (1998)
The Modern Library: 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950 (1999) (with Carmen Callil)
The Irish Famine (1999) (with Diarmaid Ferriter)
On the Edge (1999)
Lady Gregory's Toothbrush (2002)
Love in a Dark Time: And Other Explorations of Gay Lives And Literature (2002)
New Ways to Kill Your Father (2006)
A Brief Guide to the Modern Library (2011) (with Carmen Callil)
A Guest at the Feast: A Memoir (2011)
New Ways to Kill Your Mother (2012)
Walking Along the Border (1987)
Homage to Barcelona (1990)
Dubliners (1992)
Bad Blood: A Walk Along the Irish Border (1994)
The Sign of the Cross: Travels in Catholic Europe (1994)
The Trial of the Generals (1995)
The Guinness Book of Ireland (1995) (with Bernard Loughlin)
Kilfenosa Teaboy: Study of Paul Durcan (1996)
Joseph Grigely: Conversations And Portraits (1998)
The Modern Library: 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950 (1999) (with Carmen Callil)
The Irish Famine (1999) (with Diarmaid Ferriter)
On the Edge (1999)
Lady Gregory's Toothbrush (2002)
Love in a Dark Time: And Other Explorations of Gay Lives And Literature (2002)
New Ways to Kill Your Father (2006)
A Brief Guide to the Modern Library (2011) (with Carmen Callil)
A Guest at the Feast: A Memoir (2011)
New Ways to Kill Your Mother (2012)
Awards
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Links to other websites
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Colm Tóibín recommends
 Death and Nightingales (1992) Eugene McCabe "Clearly one of the great Irish masterpieces of the century." |  Monkey Man (2005) Stephen Price "A slick clever novel that makes you laugh out loud." |  Lost City Radio (2007) Daniel Alarcón "A gripping and tense political fable by one of the most exciting and ambitious writers to emerge in recent years." | |
 American Youth (2007) Phil LaMarche "Gripping and memorable." |  Barnacle Love (2008) Anthony De Sa "[These stories] have immense emotional and powerful truths. " |  Cockroach (2008) Rawi Hage "[A] dark and uncompromising vision. [Cockroach] offers a version of an émigré underground which is original, raw and brave." | |
 Yesterday's Weather (2008) Anne Enright "Anne Enright's style is as sharp and brilliant as Joan Didion's; the scope of her understanding is as wide as Alice Munro's. . . her vision of Ireland is as brave and original as Edna O'Brien's." |  John the Revelator (2009) Peter Murphy "An absolutely wonderful book... so fresh and so contemporary, so original and so disturbing and brave." |  To the End of the Land (2010) David Grossman "A masterpiece... One of the few novels that feel as though they have made a difference in the world." | |
 Open City (2011) Teju Cole "A novel to savour and treasure." |  Say Her Name (2011) Francisco Goldman "A beautiful love story, and an extraordinary story of loss." |  The Absolutist (2011) John Boyne "A wonderful, sad, tender book." | |
 Solace (2011) Belinda McKeon "A novel of quiet power, filled with moments of carefully-told truth... this book will appeal to readers both young and old." |  The Sound of Things Falling (2012) Juan Gabriel Vásquez "A thrilling new discovery." |
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