{"product_id":"the-news-from-dublin","title":"The News From Dublin","description":"\u003ch4\u003eColm Toibin | Paperback | April 2026\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA woman in Galway hears of the death of her son in the First World War. An Irishman seeks anonymity in Barcelona, haunted by crimes he has committed. A man goes to Dublin from Enniscorthy to implore the Minister for Health for a special favour. A young woman is pregnant during the Spanish Civil War. An undocumented worker finds himself living an illegal life and must leave San Francisco, and his child, after thirty years in America. Three sisters who have been living in Argentina decide to return to Catalonia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the luminous stories that make up \u003ci\u003eThe News from Dublin\u003c\/i\u003e, Colm Tóibín delves into the days and nights of those living far from home: lives of great longing, at a great distance from past lives and past selves.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tóibín is the consummate cartographer of the private self, summoning with restrained acuity (and a\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003edelicious streak of sly humour) the thoughts his characters struggle to find words for' - Clare\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eClark, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e------\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row subcategory-data  mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col pb-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"c-author-about__desc\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eColm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of ten previous novels, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Master\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Magician\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and two collections of stories. He has been three times shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2021, he was awarded the David Cohen Prize for Literature. Tóibín is the current Laureate for Irish fiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"booxies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48291476078759,"sku":null,"price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/1523\/0375\/files\/newsfromdublin_5e24e39e-bd33-4202-9237-39fd3d5d36f9.jpg?v=1774999246","url":"https:\/\/booxies.com\/products\/the-news-from-dublin","provider":"booxies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}