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The Story of the Night

novel by Tóibín

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  • Colm Tóibín
    In Colm Tóibín: Novels

    He followed up with The Story of the Night (1996) and The Blackwater Lightship (1999). The latter of these follows three generations of women as they care for a young male family member who is dying of AIDS. The poignant novel features some of Tóibín’s most elegant observations of…

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