{"product_id":"mad-bad-dangerous-to-know","title":"Mad Bad Dangerous To Know","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__________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \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. 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\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":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57305715048830,"sku":"NW9780241354421","price":11.08,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241354421.jpg?v=1778638970","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/mad-bad-dangerous-to-know","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}