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Praise for The Story of the Night

“Written in a self-reflective style that rings with honesty, bravely constructing a complex metaphor of sex and death in Argentina.”

—The New York Times

“A fine novel, remarkable for the purity of its ambitions.”

—The Washington Post Book World

“Tóibín’s genius is that he makes it impossible for us to walk away.”

—The New Yorker

“A mesmerizing, dark, powerful novel.”

—The Times (U.K.)

“Beginning the book is like sneaking into a diary; ending it is like losing a fascinating friend.”

—Harper’s Bazaar

“A love story and a political thriller and about being Irish and a coming-out novel.”

—Esquire

“A love story of the most serious and difficult kind. [Tóibín] has told it with profound artistry and truth.”

—Tobias Wolff, author of Old School and This Boy’s Life

“This troubling and haunting book is one of shadows and secrets, half-lives and losses, endings and fears.”

—The Observer (U.K.)

“With near-geologic patience, Colm Tóibín allows the subterranean energies of this novel—political, sexual, and existential—to percolate to the surface. Just when we feel secure enough to peek over the rim, the volcano erupts. An impressive, beautifully modulated, unexpectedly affecting book.”

—Jeffrey Eugenides, author of Middlesex
and The Virgin Suicides

“The intellect which has so conspicuously powered Tóibín’s writing career is fired here with a new ambition and purpose.”

—The Independent (U.K.)

“A smart literary novel that is also a satisfying page-turner.”

—Out

“Tóibín’s simple but eloquent telling of this personal story is sometimes explicit, often moving, and always vivid in its portrayal of Argentina and its people.”

—Library Journal (starred review)

“This is one of the most absorbing new novels I’ve read in quite some time.”

—The Irish Times

“A beautiful, fascinating novel. It is a thriller, a love story, and much more. Colm Tóibín is an extraordinary writer, daring and precise.”

—Roddy Doyle, author of The Commitments and A Star Called Henry

Praise for The Master

“The work of a first-rate novelist…artful, moving and very beautiful.”

—The New York Times Book Review

“A spectacular novel.”

—Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones

“An indelibly beautiful novel.”

—O, The Oprah Magazine

“Superbly controlled…this novel is a masterful, unshowy meditation on work, ambition, friendship, longing and mortality.”

—Chicago Tribune

“A gorgeous portrait of a complex and passionate man.”

—Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran

“Extraordinary…. Tóibín paints a graceful, terribly sad portrait.”

—Entertainment Weekly (A–)

“A deep, lovely, and enthralling book that engages with the disquiet and drama of a famous writing life: splendidly conceived and composed by a writer who is himself a master of his art.”

—Shirley Hazzard, author of The Great Fire

“The Master is a superbly researched nuanced portrait.”

—San Francisco Chronicle