The Green Fool
 Title page for The Green Fool (1938) | |
| Author | Patrick Kavanagh |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
Publication date | 1938 |
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Prone, Terry (31 December 2018). "Even established writers rage against the bookshop machine". Irish Examiner.