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  1. 5. Romance

    5/5Colm Tóibín on the eternal youth of John B Yeats, father of the literary giant WB Yeats

  2. 4. Yeats

    4/5Colm Tóibín turns his gaze to the life of John B Yeats, father of poet WB Yeats.

  3. 3. Trial

    3/5Colm Tóibín on two court cases, one involving William Wilde, the second his son, Oscar.

  4. 2. Gaol

    2/5Colm Tóibín is in Oscar Wilde's cell at Reading gaol reflecting on the writer's father.

  5. 1. Dublin

    1/5Colm Tóibín takes a literary walk around Dublin.