Adam talks with Irish novelist Colm Tóibín about New York, Don Trump, whether the motivations of terrorists are worth considering, whether anything valuable came from having cancer, writing his novel Long Island (the sequel to Brooklyn), why keeping a journal is 'offensive', and the magic of Bob Dylan.
This conversation was recorded via Zoom on April 17th, 2024
CONTAINS VERY STRONG LANGUAGE
Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing
Podcast illustration by Helen Green
RELATED LINKS
LONG ISLAND by Colm Tóibín (Audiobook narrated by Jessie Buckley) - 2024 (AUDIBLE)
AMONG THE FLUTTERERS: THE POPE WEARS PRADA by Colm Tóibín - 2010 (LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS)
IN RESPONSE TO 9/11 - 4th October 2001 (LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS)
COLM TÓIBÍN ON DESERT ISLAND DISCS - 2016 (BBC SOUNDS)
COLM TÓIBÍN ON THE VERB - 2023 (BBC SOUNDS)
THE NEW YORKER FICTION PODCAST - COLM TÓIBÍN READS MARY LAVIN - 2017 (APPLE PODCASTS)
40 MINUTES - HEART OF THE ANGEL - 1989 (BBC I-PLAYER)
40 MINUTES - MIXED BLESSINGS - 1988 (BBC I-PLAYER)
GERI Directed by Molly Dineen - 1999 (YOUTUBE)
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