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.The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.