The Story of the Night
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The Story of the Night is a bildungsroman by Irish novelist Colm Tóibín. The novel interweaves the personal story of Richard Garay, a gay Argentinian man with an English mother, and the political history of Argentina through the late 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s.
Author | Colm Tóibín |
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Country | Ireland |
Language | English |
Genre | Novel |
Published | 1996 (Picador) |
Publication date | 27 September 1996 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 312 pp |
ISBN | 0-330-34017-4 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-330-34018-2 (paperback edition) |
OCLC | 36712956 |
823/.914 21 | |
LC Class | PR6070.O455 S76 1996 |
Told entirely in the first person, the novel presents a wholly convincing picture of a character who could almost be described as an anti-hero, and who distills not just the Argentinian but the global late 20th century mix of sexual and economic "freedoms" in a single life: a "story of the night" lights otherwise shadowy places.
Toibín's third novel, it was his first to feature a gay character.[1]