Testament of Mary is a short novel by Irish writer Colm Tóibín. The book was published on 13 November 2012 by Scribner's.[The novel concerns the life of Mary, mother of Jesus, in her old age. She does not believe that her son was the son of God and refuses to co-operate with the writers of the gospels, who regularly visit her and provide her with food and shelter.Initial critical reception for the book has been positive,[2][3] with a reviewer for the Irish Independent writing that "To say that this is a departure for the Wexford novelist is an understatement, but it can hardly fail to be a major talking point when it's published in October".[4] The Huffington Post also commented favourably on Tóibín's attempts to humanise Mary, saying: "The Testament of Mary" is a reminder that Jesus indeed had a mother, and she was nobody's fool."[5]It has been placed on the longlist for the Man Booker Prize 2013.