Dylan Thomas: A New Life - Tapa dura

"A Disturbing and Impressive Book about a sad man, a tragic man, a drunkard, a lovable cad, a Welshman, and a poetic genius ... Lycett approaches the task with thoroughness, scholarship, and true humanity."

"Offers a portrait of the artist as a young, drunken, self-destructive man . . . and a colorful and poignant tale." "Time
"Lycett is balances and fair-minded . . . [and] provides us with a portrait of a man to whom creating poetry was as natural as drawing breath . . . solid research, skillful organization and colorful anecdote." Los Angeles Times
"Lycett peels back new layers of the life of a great poet." San Antonio Express-News
"Hail the rock 'n' rill poet . . . his genius lay in living like that while producing poems of deep lyrical intensity." The Telegraph "[on the occasion of the 2014 Dylan Thomas centenary]"

A portrait of the acclaimed and contradictory twentieth-century writer covers his early works, the pervasive themes in his writing, his numerous affairs, his tempestuous marriage, his early death, and the myths surrounding his life. 20,000 first printing.