The Testament of Mary

Copyright © 2012 by Colm Tóibín

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Tóibín, Colm, 1955-

The testament of Mary / Colm Tóibín.

eISBN: 978-0-7710-8416-4

1. Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint–Fiction. 2. Jesus

Christ–Fiction. 3. Apostles–Fiction. I. Title.

PR6070.O44T48 2012 823’.914 C2012-903509-2

Some of this text was adapted for the play Testament,

first performed in Dublin in October 2011

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