{"product_id":"mad-bad-dangerous-to-know-p-b-w3","title":"Colm Tóibín: Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce [2019] paperback","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\u003eToibin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e__________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMad, Bad, Dangerous to Know\u003c\/i\u003e Colm Toibin takes three of Ireland's greatest writers - Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats and James Joyce - and examines their earliest influences: their fathers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith his inimitable wit and sensitivity, Toibin 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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__________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Astonishing to read. Toibin 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'There is something interesting and insightful on almost every page'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sparkling, subtle, witty and often deeply moving . . . A classic'\u003c\/b\u003e Fintan O'Toole, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Scintillating, imaginative, enlightening and powerfully moving throughout'\u003c\/b\u003e Roy Foster, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Toibin, Colm","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44242414141730,"sku":"9780241354421","price":14.3,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47290941178195,"sku":"XV80241354421","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":52140167233875,"sku":"XE80241354421","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/toibin-colm-colm-toibin-mad-bad-dangerous-to-know-the-fathers-of-wilde-yeats-and-joyce-2019-paperback-58034431623507.jpg?v=1760714209","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/mad-bad-dangerous-to-know-p-b-w3","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}