{"product_id":"mad-bad-dangerous-to-know-the-fathers-of-wilde-yeats-and-joyce","title":"Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intimate study of three of Ireland's greatest writers from one of its best-loved contemporary voices, Colm \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTóibín\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e__________________ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMad, Bad, Dangerous to Know\u003c\/i\u003e Colm Tóibín takes three of Ireland's greatest writers - Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats and James Joyce - and examines their earliest influences: their fathers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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 his own family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e This is an illuminating study of how each of these men cast a long shadow not only over the lives of their famous sons, but over the works for which they are celebrated and cherished.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e__________________ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Astonishing to read. Tóibín has a hawk-like eye for literary subtleties, and a generosity towards his subjects that is warm'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny, exciting, illuminating, wonderful, so engaging. Tells us more than a little about our own selves along the way'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'There is something interesting and insightful on almost every page'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sparkling, subtle, witty and often deeply moving . . . A classic'\u003c\/b\u003e Fintan O'Toole, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Scintillating, imaginative, enlightening and powerfully moving throughout'\u003c\/b\u003e Roy Foster, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/colm-toibin-books\"\u003eColm Tóibín\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780241354421\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.00","offer_id":47909763678385,"sku":"SB-0241354420-C4","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0241354420.jpg?v=1789140815","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/mad-bad-dangerous-to-know-the-fathers-of-wilde-yeats-and-joyce","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}