The Blackwater Lightship
It is the early 1990s, and Helen, her mother Lily, and her grandmother Dora, have come together in a crumbling old house along Ireland's coastal southeast to tend to Helen's adored brother Declan, who is dying of AIDS. With two of Declan's friends, the six of them are forced to plumb the shoals of their own histories and to come to terms with each other.
- Publisher
- Picador
- ISBN-13
- 9780743203319
- Genre
- Topics
Awards
- International Dublin Literary AwardShortlistedMajor(2001)
- The Booker PrizeShortlistedMajor(1999)
Other awarded books from Colm Tóibín
- The Master (2005)2 wins · 28 score
- The Magician (2021)1 win · 11 score
- Brooklyn (2009)0 wins · 6 score
- Nora Webster (2015)0 wins · 6 score
- The Testament of Mary (2012)0 wins · 4 score
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