Colm Tóibín is an award-winning author. He is also a professor of the humanities at Columbia University, New York. He was born in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, the setting for several of his books. His novels include The Master, Nora Webster and The House of Names. The film adaptation of Brooklyn earned three Oscar nominations in 2015.
His latest book Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce, is now available in paperback and will be the main subject of our encounter with Colm on Wednesday. This is an 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 Oscar, WB and James.
How to join us
Wednesday 29 April 2020, 20:00 CEST
You can join the event by clicking the link below before the event begins. It will enable you to download and install the Zoom application, which you can also use to submit questions to the author.
https://zoom.us/j/96006086140We will also stream the event live on our Facebook page.
What the critics say
“There is something interesting and insightful to be found on almost every page.” – Rachel Cooke, The Guardian
“Wise and resonant.” -, Gregory Cowles, The New York Times
“This gentle, immersive book holds literary scholarship to be a heartfelt, heavenly pursuit, a route to ‘the great, unsteady archive where our souls will be held.” Thomas Mallon, Washington Post
“Largely unfamiliar to the public, Tóibín probes deep into the lives of these unusual father figures, and emerges with vivid portraits of these men who had such influence on their famous sons.”- Ronan Gerrard, The London Magazine
While we have your attention…
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