Review:
There's no doubt that his candidly described struggles with drink, sexuality and other demons lend the narrative a depth...The book, though, has yet another and even more telling subject and that's his relationship with his widowed father, whose North Circular Road house he shared and who emerges gradually throughout these pages as a figure of grace, dignity and integrity. The author's loving depiction of this decent, concerned man, sometimes exasperated by his errant son but always tolerant of him, is what makes the memoir memorable. --The Irish Independent
This is a funny, sad, and frankly scary tale of redemption. --Alan Corr - RTÉ Guide
Everything about this book is good. --Books Ireland
[Madden's] memoir is a story of transformation that brings an era in Dublin back to life andconfronts the demons that brought low a generation of gay men --Gcn
Anguished tale of jaundiced subs and gay pubs.
Aodhan Madden s difficult odyssey is a testament to the devastating effects of a conservative and repressive culture...Madden's biography is compelling.--Joanne Savage Culture Northern Ireland- --Emmanuel Kehoe - Sunday Business Post
...is as compelling as anything Hunter S. ever wrote...As a work of entertainment, it's a winner. As a record of the experience of 'coming out'; in Catholic Ireland 30 years ago and the prejudice the Gay community had to deal with, it's superb. As a depiction of one man's descent into the depths of alcohol addiction and psychosis it's riveting. --Catherine McGrotty - Verbal
Anguished tale of jaundiced subs and gay pubs.
Aodhan Madden s difficult odyssey is a testament to the devastating effects of a conservative and repressive culture...Madden's biography is compelling.--Joanne Savage Culture Northern Ireland- --Emmanuel Kehoe - Sunday Business Post
Reminiscent at times of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Madden's story is laced with the acerbic wit of the Dublin meeja. It's a dark and at times disturbing memoir about intolerance, isolation, alcohol and self-loathing, but ultimately too it's about redemption and how the love and sacrifice of an aging father saved the life of a talented young writer seemingly on the road to self-destruction. --Fermanagh Herald
I was very taken with Aodhan Madden's Fear and Loathing in Dublin for its highly-charged depiction of a young man struggling with the twin demons of alcohol and a confused sexuality before literature saves him from himself. Most moving of all is the manner in which he writes about his father, a simple country man trying to cope with widowhood as his world falls apart and his son looks to be on a collision course with disaster. --Aubrey Malone, The Irish Catholic Books of 2009
This darkly funny memoir spares nothing, especially himself --Cahir O'Doherty, Irish Voice
Anguished tale of jaundiced subs and gay pubs.
Aodhan Madden s difficult odyssey is a testament to the devastating effects of a conservative and repressive culture...Madden's biography is compelling.--Joanne Savage Culture Northern Ireland- --Emmanuel Kehoe - Sunday Business Post
About the Author:
Aodhan Madden worked for many years as a journalist and critic with the Irish Press before taking up writing in a variety of media, including print, stage, radio and screen. The Abbey Theatre staged The Midnight Door in 1984, and his plays have been broadcast on RTÉ and the BBC. Madden also wrote the acclaimed film Night Train, which starred John Hurt and Brenda Blethyn. Madden has been the recipient of numerous literary awards, including the Francis MacManus Award and the O.Z. Whitehead (three times). He lives in Dublin.
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