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

The Green Fool
Title page for The Green Fool (1938)
AuthorPatrick Kavanagh
LanguageEnglish
Publication date
1938

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

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  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.