by Colm Tóibín · VIKIN · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780241354421
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«Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know» is Colm Tóibín's biographical essay on the fathers of Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats and James Joyce, published by Viking in paperback (192 pages, in English).
Colm Tóibín examines the early influences of three great Irish writers, Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats and James Joyce, through the figure of their fathers. The book portrays Doctor William Wilde, known for his love affairs and a libel case that anticipated his son's; Yeats's father, an impoverished artist who never managed to finish a painting; and John Stanislaus Joyce, a father fond of drink and storytelling who could not support his family. A study of the mark these men left on the lives and work of their sons.
The subtitle of the work is «The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce». The book was originally published in 2018 and this paperback edition appeared in July 2019.
Recommended for readers interested in Irish literature, literary biographies and the family relationships that shaped three fundamental authors.
Colm Tóibín is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet.
