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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce
Colm Tóibín
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Description for Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce
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An intimate study of three of Ireland's greatest writers from one of its best-loved contemporary voices, Colm Tóibín
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In Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know Colm Tóibín takes three of Ireland's greatest writers - Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats and James Joyce - and examines their earliest influences: their fathers.
With his inimitable wit and sensitivity, Tóibín introduces us to Wilde Senior, the philandering doctor whose libel case prefigured that of his son; the elder Yeats, an impoverished artist who never finished a painting; and to John Stanislaus Joyce, the hard-drinking, storytelling father of James, who couldn't feed ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241354421
SKU
V9780241354421
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Ref
99-99
About Colm Tóibín
Colm Tóibín was born in Enniscorthy in 1955. He is the author of nine novels including The Master, Brooklyn, The Testament of Mary and Nora Webster and, most recently, House of Names. His work has been shortlisted for the Booker three times, won the Costa Novel Award and the Impac Award. He has also published two collections of stories and ... Read more
Reviews for Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce
There is something interesting and intriguing to be found on almost every page
Rachel Cooke
Guardian
Toibin has a hawk-like eye for literary subtleties, and a generosity towards his subjects that is warm and unacademic.
The Sunday Times
Toibin has a hawk-like eye for literary subtleties, and a generosity towards his subjects that is warm ... Read more
Rachel Cooke
Guardian
Toibin has a hawk-like eye for literary subtleties, and a generosity towards his subjects that is warm and unacademic.
The Sunday Times
Toibin has a hawk-like eye for literary subtleties, and a generosity towards his subjects that is warm ... Read more