“Immensely gifted and accomplished” (Washington Post) Irish novelist Colm Toibin's books include The South, winner of the Irish Times/Aer Lingus First Fiction Award; The Master, winner of the Dublin IMPAC Prize and the Los Angeles Times Novel of the Year; and Brooklyn, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year. His other books include All a Novelist Needs, a collection of essays on Henry James, and The Empty Family, a collection of short stories that examine the trials and tribulations of the baby boom generation. In his haunting new book, The Testament of Mary, Toibin reimagines the life of the Christian and cultural icon Mary.