Do Not Go Gentle: 1 (Quick Reads) - Softcover

Carradice, Phil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783755237 ISBN 13: 9781783755233

Publisher: Accent Press Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

It's November 1953 and Dylan Thomas, Britain's finest poet, is dying in a hospital bed in New York. What brought him to this end is not clear. But he is a man tormented by fear – fear of failing as a writer, fear of a marriage doomed to end in disaster, even fear of death itself – all of which have led him to find comfort in alcohol, outrageous behaviour and the arms of other women.

Now, as Dylan lies waiting for the end, he thinks back over his life, from his childhood in Swansea to his days as a wild young poet in London, from his tempestuous marriage to Caitlin MacNamara to his final weeks in New York.

Dylan Thomas may not have wanted to die but he had little desire to live. An interesting and attractive figure, who was doomed. Do Not Go Gentle paints a picture of a man who has clearly reached the end of his tether.

About this title

About the Author

Phil Carradice is a historian, novelist and poet who has published 29 books. He regularly broadcasts on Radio 4 and Radio Wales where he has his own programme. He works as a lecturer in Cardiff University Department for Continuing Education and takes creative writing classes for adults and children. A former Head Teacher, he now lives in the Vale of Glamorgan but originates from Pembroke Dock.

Edition details

• Publisher: Accent Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783755237
• ISBN 13: 9781783755233
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96