The Magician
by Colm Tóibín
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Rathbones Folio Prize | 2022 | Winner |
| Rathbones Folio Prize | 2021 | Shortlist |
| Rathbones Folio Prize | 2020 | Shortlist |
About This Book
Colm Tóibín's novel imagines the inner life of Thomas Mann — from his childhood in Lübeck through the rise of the Nazis, exile in America, and final return to Europe — focusing on his suppressed homosexuality, his marriage, his children, and the relationship between his life and his art. The novel won the Rathbones Folio Prize in 2022.
About the Author
Colm Tóibín is an Irish novelist, short story writer, and critic born in Enniscorthy, County Wexford in 1955. He studied at University College Dublin and worked as a journalist in Barcelona before becoming a full-time writer. He is the author of The South (1990), The Heather Blazing (1992), The Story of the Night (1996), The Blackwater Lightship (1999), The Master (2004), Brooklyn (2009), Nora Webster (2014), and House of Names (2017). Read more →
