Brooklyn by colm toibin simon schuster next page upload your video read full review report video content the video content is inappropriate the video content is misleading other content related feedback ad content the ad is too long the ad does not play the ad does not inform my purchase. Hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking colm tibns sixth novel brooklyn is set in brooklyn and ireland in the early 1950s when one young woman crosses the ocean to make a new life for herself eilis lacey has come of age in small town ireland in the years following world war two. Review brooklyn by colm tibn colm tibns quiet intensity brings the past to life says christopher tayler