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The unique selling point applying to all Insight Text Guides is the fact that Insight is the only publisher in Australia that takes the time and has the in - house expertise to source the most authoritative and best qualified writers for each text whether it be a novel, play, non - fiction, film or poetry. Our writers are specialists in the relevant area of literature or genre of film. Almost all have a Masters or PhD in Literature or Film. In addition, they are clear and accessible writers of considerable experience and have all been or are currently teaching.
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With this elating and humane novel, Colm Tóibín has produced a masterwork ( Sunday Times)
The most compelling and moving portrait of a young woman I have read in a long time (Zoë Heller Guardian, Books of the Year)
A work of such skill, understatement and sly jewelled merriment could haunt your life (Ali Smith TLS, Books of the Year)
Suffused with humane depth, funny, affecting, deftly plotted ... a novel of magnificent accomplishment (Peter Kemp Sunday Times, Novel of the Year)
Brooklyn moved me more than any other book this year (Nicholas Hytner Observer, Books of the Year)
A beautifully crafted work that transformed ordinary lives into something extraordinary ( Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year)
No book this year gave me greater pleasure (Nell Freudenberger Financial Times)
Not a sentence or a thought out of place. It takes over as his finest ficiton to date ( Irish Times)
Remarkable freshness and immediacy ... with a lovely comedic lightness ( Daily Mail)
A lovely, thoughtful book ... alive with authentic detail, moved along by the ripples of affection and doubt that shape any life: a novel that offers the reader serious pleasure ( Daily Telegraph)
Tremendously moving and powerful ( New Statesman)
About the Author
Colm Tóibín was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of five other novels, including The Blackwater Lightship and The Master, both of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and a collection of stories, Mothers and Sons.
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