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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know : the Fathers of Wilde, Yeats, and Joyce by Colm Tóibín is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know : the Fathers of Wilde, Yeats, and Joyce about?
From Colm Tóibín, the formidable award-winning author of The Master and Brooklyn, an illuminating, intimate study of Irish culture, history, and literature told through the lives and work of three men—William Wilde, John Butler Yeats, and John Stanislaus Joyce—and the complicated, influential relationships they had with their complicated sons. Colm Tóibín begins his incisive, revelatory Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know with a walk through the Dublin streets where he went to university—a wide-eyed boy
Who reads Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know : the Fathers of Wilde, Yeats, and Joyce?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Colm Tóibín
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781476785172
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Poetry, Memoir
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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