The Life of Dylan Thomas
Eric Gill Autobiography
Christopher Plantin
The Apprenticeship of Ernest Hemingway
Joyce: the Man, the Work, the Reputation

Constantine FitzGibbon

FitzGibbon's The Life of Dylan Thomas holds its place as the best and most direct biography of the poet. It aims, with truthfulness and integrity, to portray the whole complex man: at once lovable and maddening, high-spirited and sad, but always indisputably a genius. The tragic, destructive elements in Thomas' character are made abundantly clear, the author having managed to relegate his subjective feelings to the background, leaving the stage clear for well-documented or well-attested facts. A rich impression builds up of Thomas' odd encounters during the wartime and post-war years, in the pubs and clubs of London and New York. There are his meetings with friends and enemies, with the famous men and women of his day, and there are those evenings that he spent in passionate conversation and debate with other poets, with whom he always felt most at ease. The central thread of thirty-nine fiercely lived years runs exultantly through this book.

ISBN 1-870495-04-7   £16.95