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Brooklyn

by Colm Tóibín

What is it about books written about NYC by Irish authors in 2009?* They’re all fantastic!“Brooklyn” is the sweet tale of Eilis Lacey, an Irish immigrant living in Brooklyn in the 1950s.Working in a department store to send money home to her family, Eilis is just getting over her homesickness and finding love in the States when tragedy strikes at home.Tóibín’s writing is precise and lovely, and “Brooklyn” is a masterpiece.  *See “Let the Great World Spin”