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Brooklyn and beyond: Colm Tóibín’s best books – ranked!

As the Irish author turns 70, we rate his best works of fiction – from his latest, Long Island, to his emotionally wrenching ‘masterpiece’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2025

Colm Tóibín: ‘Ireland today is a much freer place’

The Irish author on how the sequel to his bestselling novel Brooklyn was inspired by the film, life in LA, and his thoughts on Trump’s victory

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024

Long Island by Colm Tóibín review – the sequel to Brooklyn is a masterclass in subtlety and intelligence

This follow-up, set 20 years on, kicks off with a marriage in crisis and skilfully conveys how blind we are to our own motivations

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2024

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Long Island by Colm Tóibín review: A sequel that doesn't fly quite as high

The Seventies! The decade of flares, chevron moustaches and disco. Well forget all that. In Long Island, Colm Tóibín’s sequel to Fifties-set Brooklyn, it’s frosted glass doors, Vietnam protests on the tele and people suddenly trying to give up ciggies after years of carefree chain-smoking that indicate we have skipped…

Evening Standard · May 17, 2024

'Long Island' renders bare the universality of longing

WEKU · May 7, 2024

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