Irish writer Colm Toibin has caused a backlash after telling a Guardian interviewer: “I can’t do thrillers and I can’t do spy novels.”
A writer who’s widely adored
Has said that he’s always ignored
A book about crime
Which just wastes his time
And makes him feel sleazy and bored
John Moynes
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People can’t have personal preferences for entertainment now…? Pffft!
So many writers getting their knickers in a twist. Marian Keyes apparently calling him Maeve Binchy on Twitter. For Pete’s sake, do we all have to be “super excited” about everything these days. The man expressed an opinion, to which he’s entitled.
+1 ….proper LOL’d at that :)
Well said.
She did so much more than that, woman is a hero. She totally burned him and he deserved it. She is to be praised –
https://twitter.com/MarianKeyes/status/1153288771334561793
That thread is brilliant in fairness:)
Succinctly put Lilly.
Colm Toibin, the same guy who gave a character reference in court for Desmond Hogan after Hogan had sexual abused a 15 year old boy? I notice that piece of information has been taken down from his wiki page. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/writer-gets-backing-of-colleagues-in-sex-trial-26461429.html
I can’t do Irish Young Adult and I can’t do Irish Twitter.
It’s funny – in the same piece he was basking in the glory of not watching Telly or owning one either- while bemoaning that as a result he couldn’t watch Coco gauff in the tennis (he got her name wrong obviously)
I was wondering to myself, how can someone so conceited and up himself be able to write anything of relevance? And who would read it?
I know Ron would blame the Irish electorate for not reading it though.