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The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín

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December 2013–January 2014, no. 357

The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín

Picador, $19.99 hb, 104 pp, 9781742611044

The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín

by
December 2013–January 2014, no. 357

What a scandal! The Blessed Virgin sprawled on a bed in the half-dark, dead as a doornail, belly swollen, bare legs sticking out for all the world to see. What could Caravaggio have been thinking of?

Robert Dessaix reviews 'The Testament of Mary' by Colm Tóibín

The Testament of Mary

by Colm Tóibín

Picador, $19.99 hb, 104 pp, 9781742611044

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