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HARDtalk: Colm Tóibín - Author

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28/05/2015

Colm Tóibín - Author

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Stephen Sackur meets Colm Toibin, acclaimed Irish novelist.

Stephen Sackur speaks to Colm Toibin, an Irish writer whose intense, lyrical novels have won him awards, acclaim and millions of readers around the world.

Stephen Sackur speaks to an Irish writer whose intense, lyrical novels have won him awards, acclaim and millions of readers around the world. Colm Tóibín isn't so much a flamboyant storyteller, he is more an acute observer of character and the deepest human feelings. There are recurring themes in his work of loss, mourning and exile which might suggest a dark, brooding presence - but how close is that to the real Colm Tóibín?

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