The News from Dublin

“It’s truly remarkable that a writer of Tóibín’s great felicity, immense seriousness and general large awareness – a writer so naturally gifted as a novelist – can deliver short stories of such subtle empathy and brilliance. He’s dazzling”Richard Ford

“Elegant and economical, these understated stories delve into the hearts of Toibin’s characters as they face grief and sadness, loss and loneliness”Eithne Farry, Daily Mail

“Grief, betrayal and moral complications are explored across nine tales of quiet power that take us from Argentina to County Wexford”Sarah Crown, Guardian

“The quiet intensity brings deep satisfaction. As always, Toibin conjures up turbulent microcosms beneath the still, calm surface of the lake of life”Leyla Sanai,  Spectator