You don't have to have read Brooklyn to enjoy the many pleasures of Long Island. It is a masterful novel full of longing and regret. A tale of lovers reconnecting, of compromise, and the settling that can come later in life. Intensely moving and yet full of restraint, I was sad to turn the final page -- Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain
His best yet . . . It reads like the tensest of stage plays, but with all the pleasures of interiority that the novel form allows. I haven't wanted to hug this many characters in a while -- Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times and The Happy Couple
Heartbreak, wistfulness, cracking dialogue . . . This is Toibin at his best -- Robbie Millen * The Times *
A masterful and uproariously entertaining book, glittering with all of Toibin's intelligence and humane wit, as compelling, passionate and quietly enigmatic as its unforgettable protagonist Eilis Lacey -- Colin Barrett, author of Wild Houses
The most compelling and moving portrait of a young woman I have read in a long time -- Zoe Heller, Guardian, Books of the Year, on Brooklyn
A work of such skill, understatement and sly jewelled merriment could haunt your life -- Ali Smith, TLS, Books of the Year, on Brooklyn
Suffused with humane depth, funny, affecting, deftly plotted . . . a novel of magnificent accomplishment -- Peter Kemp, Sunday Times, Novel of the Year, on Brooklyn
With this elating and humane novel, Colm Toibin has produced a masterwork * Sunday Times, on Brooklyn *