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The sequel to Brooklyn follows Eilish Lacey trapped in a stifling marriage and neighborhood, showcasing Tobin's restrained, observant prose.
Long Island is Colm Tobin's sequel to his 2009 bestseller, Brooklyn, whose main character, Eilish Lacey, is now trapped in a marriage and a neighborhood as stifling as the Irish town she fled. It's To...
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The sequel to Brooklyn follows Eilish Lacey trapped in a stifling marriage and neighborhood, showcasing Tobin's restrained, observant prose.
Long Island is Colm Tobin's sequel to his 2009 bestseller, Brooklyn, whose main character, Eilish Lacey, is now trapped in a marriage and a neighborhood as stifling as the Irish town she fled. It's Tobin's omissions and restraint, the words he doesn't write, that make him such an astute chronicler of this working-class Catholic world.