Colm Toibin: Long Island, Picador, 9781035029440, hardback

What a delight to read Colm Toibin's latest fabulous  novel " Long Island", a follow up to " Brooklyn" which I also loved...but this is even better, i love how he writes, the quiet flow of the book  makes the events and the tone of the dialogues even more powerful as the plot comes to a head, i was completely hooked from start to finish.

Toibin is a brilliant storyteller as he picks up Eilis' life where "Brooklyn"  ended.  Now married to Tony with two teenage kids, Eilis is living in an enclave of Italien relatives on Long Island, when one day a man shows up at her door claiming Tony impregnanted his wife and he is going to hand over the baby to them when it is born. 

Eilis makes it clear to Tony that she will never tolerate this child in her household and when she receives no support from her Italian relatives or Tony,  she sets off to visit her mother in Ireland where she not only left her family but also Jim, her Irish love, who is still living in the village.  What unfolds in Enniscorthy, is a masterclass in storytelling.

Loved this book with all its characters from start to finish.