Contents: Introduction [xi] Acknowledgments [xvi] List of Illustrations [xix] 1 . No Genealogic Rosary (1850-1910) [1] 2. Childhood (1904-1918) [14] 3. Serving his Time (1918-1927) [31] 4. Dabbling in Verse (1916-1930) [44] 5. Farmer-Poet (1929-1936) [59] 6. Towards The Green Fool (1936-1937) [87] 7. The Green Fool and its Aftermath (1937-1939) [106] 8. I Had a Future (1939-1941) [119] 9. Bell^lelvres (1940-1942) [146] 10. The Great Hung~ (1941-1942) [165] 11. Pilgrim Poet (1940-1942) [192] 12. Marriage and Money? (1942-1944) [206] 13. The Enchanted Way (1944-1947) [223] 14. Film Critic (1946-1949) [239] 15. U"yF7ynn (1947-1949) [250] 16. From Ballyrush to Baggot Street (1948-1951) [269] 17. King of the Kids (1949-1951) [291] 18. Bluster and Beggary (1952~1953) [310] 19. Trial and Error (1954) [325] 20. The Cut Worm (1954-1955) [339] 21. The American Dream (1955-1957) [349] 22. Noo Pornes (1957-1958) [365] 23. Conze Dance with Kitty Stobling (1959-1960) [378] 24. Roots of Love (1960-1964) [398] 25. Sixty-Year-Old Public Man (1964-1965) [419] 26. Four Funerals and a Wedding (1965-1967) [439] 27. 'So long' [460] References [464] Bibliography [487] Index [493]