
Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know by Colm TóibÃn (Omnibus)
A literary walk around Dublin, visiting landmarks immortalised by some of Ireland's most famous writers. Read by Colm TóibÃn.
Award-winning writer Colm TóibÃn explores the complex relationships between three of Ireland's literary giants and their fathers
From Oscar Wilde's polymath father who was a doctor specialising in diseases of the eye and ear; an amateur architect, as well as a statistician who was knighted for his work; to WB Yeats's father a brilliant correspondent and impoverish artist who struggled to complete a painting; to John Stanislaus Joyce, a drinker and storyteller who was unwilling to provide for his family.
Colm takes a literary walk around Dublin, stopping off at a variety of landmarks immortalised in the works of some of Ireland's most famous writers. At the same time he reflects on his own writing life.
Omnibus of five parts abridged by Richard Hamilton
Producer: Elizabeth Allard
First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in October 2018.
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- Sun 4 Nov 2018 09:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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