'You don't have to have read Brooklyn to enjoy the many pleasures of Long Island. It is a masterful novel full of longing and regret. A tale of lovers reconnecting, of compromise, and the settling that can come later in life. Intensely moving and yet full of restraint, I was sad to turn the final page'
- Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain
'His best yet . . . It reads like the tensest of stage plays, but with all the pleasures of interiority that the novel form allows. I haven't wanted to hug this many characters in a while'
- Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times and The Happy Couple
'Heartbreak, wistfulness, cracking dialogue . . . This is Tóibín at his best'
- Robbie Millen, The Times
'A masterful and uproariously entertaining book, glittering with all of Tóibín's intelligence and humane wit, as compelling, passionate and quietly enigmatic as its unforgettable protagonist Eilis Lacey'
- Colin Barrett, author of Wild Houses