Colm Toibin's Brooklyn traces one story of the Irish diaspora to America

By Stephanie Bunbury
Updated February 5 2016 - 10:13am, first published January 29 2016 - 11:45pm
When Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) emigrates to New York, she becomes involved with plumber Tony (Emory Cohen). Photo: Supplied
When Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) emigrates to New York, she becomes involved with plumber Tony (Emory Cohen). Photo: Supplied

"I'm the clown," says Colm Toibin, grinning. "John [Crowley] is always trying to bring us to order and Saoirse [Ronan] is funny. We each have our assigned roles. We're like a travelling roadshow."

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