This is a re-read, although in this case it was also a first listen. Not only have I read this novel before, I’ve also read the sequel, Long Island, which came out last year. Without spoiling that book, I will say that the foreknowledge gained from it did cast a pall over this reading of Brooklyn. Another thing hanging over the novel was the film adaptation, which is one of my favorite movies of recent years. That movie, of course, starred Saoirse Ronan, who serves as the […]
Brooklyn Bound
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
