The Story of the Night

Colm Tóibín

Original title: The story of the night

earliest edition we have, 1996 Scribner, 2005 324 pages

'A brave and remarkable novel, the impact of which no reader will shed' Dermot Bolger, Sunday Independent. Richard Garay lives alone with his mother, hiding his sexuality from her and from those around him. Stifled by a job he despises, he finds himself willing to take considerable risks. Set in Argentina in a time of great change, The Story of the Night is a powerful and moving novel about a man who, as the Falkland...

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Editions we hold

The story of the night edition · 2005 · Scribner · 324 pages · 9780743272711
Die Geschichte der Nacht. paperback · 2004 · DTV Deutscher Taschenbuch · 9783423131988
Crónica de la noche paperback · 2002 · Emecé/Bronce · 9788495908155
The story of the night edition · 2001 · Emblem Editions · 312 pages
Storia della notte paperback · 2000 · Fazi · 296 pages
Die Geschichte der Nacht. hardcover · 1999 · Carl Hanser · 9783446197862
The Story of the Night paperback · 1998 · Owl Books · 304 pages · 9780805058253
Story of the Night, the hardcover · 1998 · MacMillan · 320 pages · 9780330340182
The story of the night edition · 1997 · Henry Holt and Co. · 324 pages
The story of the night edition · 1997 · McClelland & Stewart · 312 pages
The story of the night edition · 1996 · Picador · 312 pages

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