Colm Tóibín
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Long Island
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Jessie Buckley
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly moving and intense novel of secrecy, misunderstanding, and love, the story of Eilis Lacey, the complex and enigmatic heroine of Brooklyn, Tóibín’s most popular work twenty years later....
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Long Island
- Narrated by: Jessie Buckley
- Series: Eilis Lacey, Book 2
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 05-07-24
- Language: English
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A Guest at the Feast
- Essays
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Colm Toibin
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 10
From one of the most engaging and brilliant writers of our time comes a collection of essays about growing up in Ireland during radical change; about cancer, priests, popes, homosexuality, and literature....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent writing and interesting insights.
- By Tom on 02-11-24
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A Guest at the Feast
- Essays
- Narrated by: Colm Toibin
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 01-17-23
- Language: English
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Brooklyn
- A Novel
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,032
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 903
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Story4 out of 5 stars 903
Eilis Lacey has come of age in small-town Ireland in the hard years following World War Two. When an Irish priest from Brooklyn offers to sponsor Eilis in America, she decides she must go....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved every word
- By J. P. Fitzpatrick on 02-24-17
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Brooklyn
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Series: Eilis Lacey, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 05-05-16
- Language: English
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The Shortest Day
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 241
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 210
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 206
During the winter solstice, on the shortest day and longest night of the year, the ancient burial chamber at Newgrange is empowered. Its mystifying source is a haunting tale told by locals....
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5 out of 5 stars
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interesting short!
- By Barbara S on 02-05-24
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The Shortest Day
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Release date: 11-03-20
- Language: English
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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Colm Toibin
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4 out of 5 stars 35
From Colm Tóibín, an illuminating, intimate study of Irish culture, history, and literature told through the lives and work of three men - William Wilde, John Butler Yeats, and John Stanislaus Joyce - and the complicated, influential relationships they had with their complicated sons....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Eminently re-readable
- By Ellen-A on 01-02-19
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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know
- Narrated by: Colm Toibin
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 10-30-18
- Language: English
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The Magician
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Gunnar Cauthery
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17
The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Author of interesting and compelling books made into a compelling character
- By Viktors on 05-21-22
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The Magician
- Narrated by: Gunnar Cauthery
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 09-23-21
- Language: English
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The Testament of Mary
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,242
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,052
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,034
Meryl Streep’s performance of Colm Tóibín's acclaimed portrait of Mary is hailed by the New York Times Book Review as “an ideal audiobook"....
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1 out of 5 stars
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hated it
- By bibliophile on 06-14-14
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The Testament of Mary
- Narrated by: Meryl Streep
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 09-10-13
- Language: English
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Nora Webster: A Novel
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 519
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 455
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Story4 out of 5 stars 455
Widowed at forty, with four children and not enough money, Nora has lost the love of her life, Maurice, the man who rescued her from the stifling world to which she was born....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Contrived & Overreaching
- By Sara on 12-13-15
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Nora Webster: A Novel
- Narrated by: Fiona Shaw
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 10-07-14
- Language: English
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House of Names
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson, Charlie Anson, Pippa Nixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 662
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 608
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Story4 out of 5 stars 609
"I have been acquainted with the smell of death." So begins Clytemnestra's tale of her own life in ancient Mycenae, the legendary Greek city....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Power. Control. Restraint.
- By David on 06-27-17
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House of Names
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson, Charlie Anson, Pippa Nixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 05-09-17
- Language: English
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The Heather Blazing
- A Novel
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Story4 out of 5 stars 75
Eamon Redmond is a judge in Ireland’s high court, a completely legal creature who is just beginning to discover how painfully unconnected he is from other human beings....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Quiet but Lovely Story
- By Cariola on 03-29-13
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The Heather Blazing
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 12-04-12
- Language: English
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Long Island
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Jessie Buckley
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighbouring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children and Tony's parents. One day, an Irishman comes to the door asking for Eilis by name.
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Long Island
- Narrated by: Jessie Buckley
- Series: Eilis Lacey, Book 2
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 04-30-24
- Language: English
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The Empty Family
- Stories
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Colm Toibin, Jeff Woodman, Alma Cuervo, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 24
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 26
In the captivating stories that make up The Empty Family, Colm Tibn delineates with a tender and unique sensibility, lives of unspoken or unconscious longing, of individuals often willingly cast adrift from their history....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Love, Loss, and Longing
- By Cariola on 01-02-12
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The Empty Family
- Stories
- Narrated by: Colm Toibin, Jeff Woodman, Alma Cuervo, Piter Marek, Terry Donnelly, John Keating, Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 01-04-11
- Language: English
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The South
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Terry Donnelly
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 23
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 22
In 1950, Katherine Proctor leaves Ireland for Barcelona, determined to escape her family and become a painter....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Waste of time
- By K on 10-11-19
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The South
- Narrated by: Terry Donnelly
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 12-04-12
- Language: English
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Brooklyn
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Katja Danowski
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Abridged
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Ein Aufbruch ins Unbekannte: Die junge Irin Eilis Lacey wandert um 1950 nach Amerika aus, um in Brooklyn eine neue Arbeit zu finden. Doch sie passt...
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Brooklyn
- Narrated by: Katja Danowski
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 05-15-24
- Language: German
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Brooklyn (Spanish Edition)
- By: Colm Tóibín, Ana Andrés Lleo - traductor
- Narrated by: Melania Cruz
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Novela sobre la fatalidad, el exilio, el amor o la familia, Brooklyn es una historia para siempre, dueña de un poder emocional sobrecogedor....
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Brooklyn (Spanish Edition)
- Narrated by: Melania Cruz
- Series: Eilis Lacey [Spanish Edition], Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 02-01-24
- Language: Spanish
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A Guest at the Feast
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Colm Tóibín
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
In his essay about the life of Irish writer John McGahern, Tóibín reveals the tones of melancholy and amusement within both art and the artist....
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A Guest at the Feast
- Narrated by: Colm Tóibín
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 11-03-22
- Language: English
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Brooklyn
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Niamh Cusack
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story4 out of 5 stars 11
It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce....
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4 out of 5 stars
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An enticing love story with a disappointing end
- By GEIB CATALINA on 09-12-16
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Brooklyn
- Narrated by: Niamh Cusack
- Series: Eilis Lacey, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 10-30-14
- Language: English
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New Ways to Kill Your Mother
- Writers and Their Families
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 19
In a brilliant, nuanced, and wholly original collection of essays, the best-selling and award-winning author offers a fascinating exploration of famous writers’ relationships to their families and their work....
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3 out of 5 stars
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A Literary Box of Chocolates
- By Cariola on 11-02-13
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New Ways to Kill Your Mother
- Writers and Their Families
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 06-12-12
- Language: English
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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know
- The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Colm Tóibín
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
In Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know, Colm Tóibín turns his incisive gaze to three of Ireland's greatest writers, Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats and James Joyce, and their earliest influences: their fathers....
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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know
- The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce
- Narrated by: Colm Tóibín
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 10-25-18
- Language: English
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Mothers and Sons
- Stories
- By: Colm Toibin
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4 out of 5 stars 18
This beautifully written, intensely intimate collection explores a subject of nearly universal experience: the psychological push and pull between a mother and a son....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Reader, Odd Endings
- By Deborah on 06-11-08
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Mothers and Sons
- Stories
- Narrated by: Gerard Doyle
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 12-31-07
- Language: English
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