Quote by: Colm Toibin

When I was 19, I thought I wanted to be an English civil servant. It was the most exotic thing at the time - can you imagine, in the middle of the IRA bombing campaigns? I saw an ad inviting Irish applicants for an induction course, so I signed up.


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Author Bio


  • NameColm Toibin
  • DescriptionIrish novelist and writer
  • BornMay 30, 1955
  • CountryIreland
  • ProfessionPoet; Novelist; Journalist; Writer; Playwright
  • WorksThe Heather Blazing; The Story Of The Night; The Blackwater Lightship; The Master; Brooklyn
  • AwardsCosta Book Awards; Lambda Literary Award