Colm Toibin: The Master

Picador; Reprints edition (2005.)
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Colm Tóibín was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of eight novels including Blackwater Lightship, The Master and The Testament of Mary, all three of which were nominated for the Booker Prize, with The Master also winning the IMPAC Award, and Brooklyn, which won the Costa Novel Award. He has also published two collections of stories and many works of non-fiction. His most recent novel is Nora Webster. He lives in Dublin.

'In its quiet way, this novel's imaginative truthfulness crosses boundaries and challenges biographers.' -- Anne Chisholm in Sunday Telegraph, November 2004

'Only the quality of execution need be considered: Tóibín's nears perfection' -- The Times, Paperback of the Week

'Tóibín deftly mingles conjecture with fact as he explores a fascinating family background… intriguing' -- Sunday Times

'Unerring poignancy… Tóibín writes with an undemonstrative precision perfectly suited to its subject' -- Guardian

Exquisitely crafted and full of finely nuanced psychological observation. It is also profoundly moving. -- The Independent

‘Toibin makes James seem more human than, for me, Leon Edel’s famous biography ever did.’ -- John Carey, Sunday Times
Book Description
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2004, a remarkable novel about Henry James, the American-born novelist and a connoisseur of exile.