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Colm Tóibín is an award-winning Irish writer of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. His novels include 'The Master', Nora Webster' and 'Brooklyn' (which has been turned into a Oscar-nominated film adaption!). To Colm Toibin, writing is "like music, it’s based on melody. It’s based on rhythm.” Before readers engage their intellect, he tells us in this exclusive interview, a deeper urge should entice them to turn the page - as if they were following a rhythm. Born in southeast Ireland in 1955, Colm Tóibín is one of the most celebrated English language writers of our time. DW Books meets a great author and a deeply likable individual: Colm Tóibín about women, music, and his homeland Ireland.