Speaking at the Hay literary festival, the Irish novelist said modern writers should emulate Jane Austen and stop overdoing the backstory
Colm Tóibín has issued a rallying call against what he sees as the scourge of modern literature: flashbacks.
The Irish novelist said the narrative device was infuriating, with too many writers skipping back and forward in time to fill in all the gaps in a story.
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