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Colm Tóibín

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Picador
01 May 2024

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Historical fiction

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A novel of enormous wit and profound emotional resonance from one of the world's finest writers.

Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighbouring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children and Tony's parents. It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis, now in her forties with two teenage children, has no-one to rely on in this still-new country.

One day, an Irishman comes to the door asking for Eilis by name. He tells her that his wife is pregnant with Tony's child and that when the baby is born, he will not raise it but will leave it with her. Eilis has choices to make, and what she does in the wake of this shattering news is at the heart of one of Tóibín's most riveting and emotional novels to date.

Praise for Long Island

'A masterful novel full of longing and regret ... Intensely moving and yet full of restraint' Douglas Stuart

'His best yet ... It reads like the tensest of stage plays, but with all the pleasures of interiority that the novel form allows. I haven't wanted to hug this many characters in a while' Naoise Dolan

By: Colm Tóibín
Imprint: Picador
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 155mm, Width: 231mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 382g
ISBN: 9781761267734
ISBN 10: 1761267736
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 May 2024
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of ten previous novels, including The Master, Brooklyn, and The Magician, and two collections of stories. He has been three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Tóibín is the current Laureate for Irish fiction.