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5th December 2025

Long Ireland: Colm Tóibín on going back to Brooklyn and his return to Picador after 14 years

“This isn’t glamorous The Great Gatsby Long Island – it’s absolutely suburban. People have nice gardens, it’s where you bring up your children”
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Photography: Albert Llop
Novelist Colm Tóibín discusses writing the sequel to his hit novel Brooklyn.

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