Colm Tóibín
May 30, 1955 · 71 years old
Colm Tóibín (/ˈkʌləm toʊˈbiːn/ KUL-əm toh-BEEN, Irish: [ˈkɔl̪ˠəmˠ t̪ˠoːˈbʲiːnʲ]; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet. His first novel, The South, was published in 1990. The Blackwater Lightship was shortlisted for the Booker…
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4 titles
Return to Montauk
The author Max Zorn, now in his early 60s, is on a promotional book tour in New York when he meets up again with the woman he could never forget. They spend a weekend together. 17 years have passed. Can there be a future for their...
The Capote Tapes
The rise and fall of Truman Capote, the iconic writer of Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood, as told by his friends and enemies.
Jane Austen: Rise of a Genius
The incredible story of a young woman who ripped up the rulebook and reinvented the novel. Famous faces celebrate her remarkable life and beloved stories that still resonate today.
Jack B. Yeats: The Man Who Painted Ireland
A revelatory, biographical outline of the life and times of Ireland's greatest painter, Jack B. Yeats.