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You create a world away from home and make new rooms for yourself. But when you arrive back home in your old rooms, the world you've made for yourself ceases to be real. Everything seems to crumble. Anyone who's been sent away to boarding school can understand that.


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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