The Ginger Man (Donleavy, J. P.) - Softcover

Donleavy, J P

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802137954 ISBN 13: 9780802137951

Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001

Synopsis

Set in Ireland just after World War II, The Ginger Man is J.P. Donleavy's wildly funny, picaresque classic novel of the misadventures of Sebastian Dangerfield, a young American ne'er-do-well studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Dangerfield's appetite for women, liquor, and general roguishness is insatiable -- and he satisfies it with endless charm.

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Review:

"Lusty, violent, wildly funny . . . The Ginger Man is the picaresque novel to stop them all." -- Dorothy Parker

"It is one of the books that reveal their quality from the first line. On every page there is that immediacy all good writing has." -- V. S. Naipaul

"Nasty and lyrical, a curse that sounds suspiciously like a prayer, this outlandish hybrid of Irish-American letters is still armed and dangerous after thirty years. Sebastian Dangerfield, the lecherous, treacherous, larcenous, and thoroughly charming Ginger Man, appears to be immortal as well as immoral." -- Jay McInerney

About the Author:

J. P. Donleavy was born in New York City in 1926 and educated there andat Trinity College, Dublin. He wrote ten novels, two novellas and numerous non-fiction titles. Many of his novels have been adapted for the stage. J. P. Donleavy died in September 2017.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0802137954
• ISBN 13: 9780802137951
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352