The Life of Dylan Thomas Jay Bernard and of the anti-Semitism in

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He juxtaposes the phony narratives of populist ideologues with the ordinary heroism of labourers

He is best-known for his collaborations on children’s books

and critical writing that is not just about coming to a critical understanding of the world but that plays an explicit and self-referential role in changing the world

• Find a spark—provocateurs who challenge established ways of thinking can be a powerful catalyst for change

The Life of Dylan Thomas Jay Bernard and of the anti-Semitism inMr FitzGibbon has written a moving and modest biography. He uses his acquaintance with the poet only where it is directly relevant and does not assume that he was offered a unique insight into the character or the poetryThe book avoids the popular myth of the boozy, womanizing poet; but it also avoids the debunking approach, and in fact surrounds its subject with an idiosyncratic aura of greatness. The Times Educational Supplement Published 1975,