A shocking piece of news propels Eilis back to Ireland, to a world she thought she had long left behind and to ways of living, and loving, she thought she had lost. PRAISE FOR BROOKLYN' With this elating and humane novel, Colm Toibin has produced a masterwork' - The Sunday Times'The most compelling and moving portrait of a young woman I have read in a long time' - Zoe Heller, The 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, The Sunday Times, Novel of the Year
