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The Testament of Mary
AuthorColm Tóibín
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
PublisherScribner's
Publication date
13 November 2012
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages96 pp (hardback)
ISBN978-1451688382
Preceded byBrooklyn 
Followed byNora Webster 

The Testament of Mary is a short novel by Irish writer Colm Tóibín. The book was published on 13 November 2012 by Scribner's.[1]

The novel is written from the point of view of Mary, mother of Jesus, reflecting in her old age on her son's life and the claims he was a messiah.

  1. ^ "The big novels of 2012". The Guardian. London: Guardian Media Group. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.

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