Irish writer Colm Toibin's new novel, The Magician, is an examination of the complex life of one of Germany’s most influential writers, as well as his exceptional family

Novelist Colm Toibin imagines the great German writer Thomas Mann

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When the book ends, the conversation begins. Mattea Roach speaks with writers who have something to say about their work, the world and our place in it. You’ll always walk away with big questions to ponder and new books to read.

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