A Guest at the Feast

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by LitHub and The Millions ! From one of the most engaging and brilliant writers of our time comes a “not to be missed” ( LitHub ) collection of eleven essays about growing up in Ireland during radical change; about cancer, priests, popes, homosexuality, and literature. “ IT ALL STARTED WITH MY BALLS .” So begins Colm Tóibín’s fabulously compelling essay, laced with humor, about his diagnosis and treatment for cancer. Tóibín survives, but he has entered, as