Colm Tóibín is considered one of the world's finest living writers. He comes from the small town of Enniscorthy in southeast Ireland, a place he frequently returns to in his books. Two of his works, The Blackwater Lightship and The Master, have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The screen adaptation of his novel Brooklyn was recently nominated for three Academy Awards. Tóibín is noted for his rich description of life's small details and characters rendered with depth and