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DescriptionEilis Lacey dreams of life beyond the confines of her tiny Irish village. Eilis has a head for numbers, and is a loving and dutiful daughter. Her ambition is noted by the parish priest, Father Flood. He arranges for Eilis to travel to America, where a job opportunity has arisen in New York. Brooklyn is a sublime trans-Atlantic coming-of-age story. AwardsWinner of Costa Novel Award 2009. Author descriptionColm Toibin is the author of five previous novels, collections of short stories and many works of non-fiction. He has twice been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, for The Blackwater Lightship (1999) and The Master (2004). The Master won The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (2006). |