Irish Author - Colm T贸ib铆n
Colm T贸ib铆n's novels have won him millions of readers around the world. He writes about loss, repression and exile. But is he as dark and brooding as his fiction suggests?
Colm T贸ib铆n is an Irish writer whose intense, lyrical novels have won him awards, acclaim and most importantly millions of readers around the world. Colm T贸ib铆n isn't so much a flamboyant storyteller; he's more an acute observer of character and the deepest human feelings. There are recurring themes in his work - loss, mourning, sexual repression and exile which might suggest a dark, brooding presence - but how close is that to the real Colm T贸ib铆n?
(Photo: Colm T贸ib铆n. Credit: Ulf Andersen/Getty Images)
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