Books
A Guest at the Feast: Tóibín’s tasty essays will leave readers hungry for more
Writer’s latest collection shows that the Irish author of The Master and The Magician is himself a little of both
The really great writers can scribble away about anything at all and still have you hooked. Take Colm Tóibín, for example. Two of his novels immerse you in the lives of Henry James and Thomas Mann. This might not sound like the kind of thing you’d want to curl up with in front of the fire or shove into your hand luggage as you head to the airport, but you’d be mistaken – both The ...
