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  1. Aug 22, 2000 · THE BLACKWATER LIGHTSHIP | Kirkus Reviews. BOOK LIST 20 Best Books To Read in May. 1. Reviews. FICTION. shop now. amazon. bookshelf. THE BLACKWATER LIGHTSHIP. by Colm Tóibín Colm Toibin ‧RELEASE DATE: Aug. 22, 2000. In some ways reminiscent of playwright O’Neill’s familial Sturm und Drang, this masterfully intense tale of woe and... bookshelf.

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  2. Aug 13, 1999 · Colm Tóibín. 3.91. 7,032 ratings687 reviews. It is Ireland in the early 1990s. Helen, her mother, Lily, and her grandmother, Dora, have come together to tend to Helen's brother, Declan, who is dying of AIDS. With Declan's two friends, the six of them are forced to plumb the shoals of their own histories and to come to terms with each other.

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  3. Sep 30, 2022 · Katy Hayes. Fri 30 Sep 2022 at 06:47. An Irish kitchen setting, a family forced to confront its divisions when faced with a terminal illness: Colm Tóibín’s Booker-nominated novel of 1990s life is...

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  5. Plot summary. The story is set in Dublin and County Wexford [2] and described from the viewpoint of Helen, a successful school principal living with her husband and two children in Ireland. She learns one day, that her brother Declan, who is homosexual, has been ill with AIDS for years, and refused to tell her until then.

    • Colm Tóibín
    • 273 pp (first edition hardcover)
    • 1999
    • 1999
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  7. Sep 30, 2022 · Fri Sep 30 2022 - 11:48. The Blackwater Lightship. Gaiety Theatre. ★★★★☆. Watching the stage-adaptation premiere of The Blackwater Lightship, Colm Tóibín’s 1999 Booker-nominated novel,...

  8. Critics' Opinion: Readers' rating: Not Yet Rated. Published Apr 2000. 272 pages. Genre: Historical Fiction. Publication Information. Rate this book. Buy This Book. About this book. Summary. Book Summary.

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