Dylan Thomas
A New Life

In this authoritative, fresh, and compelling account of the extraordinary life and enduring work of Dylan Thomasauthor of Under Milk Wood, A Childs Christmas in Wales, Adventures in the Skin Trade, Portrait of the Artist As a Young Dog, and numerous poems and storiesAndrew Lycett peels back the layers of story that have accumulated around this extraordinarily talented writer, one of the most celebrated and contradictory literary figures of the twentieth century. Lycett uses as his overwhelming motif the deeply ambivalent forces in Thomass lifeI hold a beast, an angel, and a madman in me said Thomasthat allowed him to be a wild boy in public and a poet of deep sensitivity in private.