The Green Fool
AuthorPatrick Kavanagh
LanguageEnglish

The Green Fool is a childhood memoir by Irish poet and novelist Patrick Kavanagh.

It resurfaced in late 2018 or early 2019 when it emerged that Kavanagh had become involved in a dispute with bookshop Hodges Figgis over its treatment of The Green Fool, leading him to throw books around in annoyance.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ Thomas, Cónal (28 December 2018). "'I'll wreck the joint': The day poet Patrick Kavanagh threatened Dublin's booksellers - "I will break every bloody bookshop in the city up," Kavanagh barked at Hodges Figgis staff". TheJournal.ie.
  2. ^ McGreevy, Ronan (28 December 2018). "Patrick Kavanagh vowed to 'break every bloody bookshop' in Dublin over literary snub: Poet told Fred Hanna he would 'wreck the joint' if his book wasn't put in the window". The Irish Times.
  3. ^ Prone, Terry (31 December 2018). "Even established writers rage against the bookshop machine". Irish Examiner.


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