Scholars and Gypsies: An Autobiography

Scholars and Gypsies offers readers an absorbing glimpse into the life of Walter Starkie—scholar, musician, traveler, and lifelong wanderer between the lecture hall and the Romany road. In this richly textured autobiography, Starkie recounts his Dublin childhood, shaped by the rival worlds of classical scholarship and music, his youthful conflict with a domineering father, and the transformative influence of poets and storytellers like James Stephens. As he moves through Trinity College and...