Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce
Colm Tóibín takes three of Ireland’s most influential writers – Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats and James Joyce – and examines their earliest influences: their fathers. With his unique wit and sensitivity, Tóibín introduces us to Wilde Senior, the philandering doctor whose libel case prefigured that of his son; the elder Yeats, a poor artist who couldn’t finish even one painting; and to John Stanislaus Joyce, the drunkard, storyteller, father of James, who couldn’t feed his own family.
Paperback: 192 Pages
Language: English
Format: Kindle Edition, Audiobook, Hardcover, & Paperback
4/5
Reviewed By Reviewed By Violeta Nedkova
“An illuminating study of how a father casts a shadow on his son’s life, a long shadow that casts even over their works later in life. Fascinating, full of wit and sensitivity, as always is the case with this incredible author.”
