The Ginger Man,9780802144669

The Ginger Man

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ISBN13: 9780802144669
ISBN10: 0802144667
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-07-13
Publisher(s): Grove Press
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Donleavy breaks every rule of writing and comes up with masterpieces; been doing it for fifty years. In the "Ginger Man," one of his best, he dissects the mind and spirit of a rogue, dragging the reader in and out of Irish saloons, through troubled affairs, into hot water and nasty entanglements, and, despite the decadence of Dangerfield, you enjoy the scamp's company.
It's the best trip you'll ever take to Ireland.


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Summary

First published in Paris in 1955, and originally banned in the United States, J. P. Donleavy's first novel is now recognized the world over as a masterpiece and a modern classic of the highest order. Set in Ireland just after World War II, The Ginger Man is J. P. Donleavys wildly funny, picaresque classic novel of the misadventures of Sebastian Danger-field, a young American ne'er-do-well studying at Trinity College in Dublin. He barely has time for his studies and avoids bill collectors, makes love to almost anything in a skirt, and tries to survive without having to descend into the bottomless pit of steady work. Dangerfield's appetite for women, liquor, and general roguishness is insatiable--and he satisfies it with endless charm.

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