Long Island

Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of eleven novels, including The Master, Brooklyn and The Magician, and two collections of stories. Long Island was an immediate top ten bestseller in both Ireland and the UK on publication. He has been three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Tóibín was appointed the Laureate for Irish Fiction 2022-2024.