Author: j.p. donleavy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
the ginger man
Author: j.p. donleavy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Leila
Author: J. P. Donleavy
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802198155
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 503
Book Description
From the author of The Ginger Man: A “very funny” tragicomic tale of unrequited love in postwar Dublin (The New York Times Book Review). In this follow-up to The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman, called “a delightful romp” by the Los Angeles Times and “racy [and] raunchy” by the Plain Dealer, Darcy Dancer, the young squire of a crumbling mansion in the Irish countryside known as Andromeda Park, falls madly in love with the lissome Leila—but disaster dogs his heels, as usual . . . “One of the most accomplished and original writers of our time.” —Joseph Heller, bestselling author of Catch-22 “A comic writer rivaling Waugh and Wodehouse.” —Life
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802198155
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 503
Book Description
From the author of The Ginger Man: A “very funny” tragicomic tale of unrequited love in postwar Dublin (The New York Times Book Review). In this follow-up to The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman, called “a delightful romp” by the Los Angeles Times and “racy [and] raunchy” by the Plain Dealer, Darcy Dancer, the young squire of a crumbling mansion in the Irish countryside known as Andromeda Park, falls madly in love with the lissome Leila—but disaster dogs his heels, as usual . . . “One of the most accomplished and original writers of our time.” —Joseph Heller, bestselling author of Catch-22 “A comic writer rivaling Waugh and Wodehouse.” —Life
A Fairy Tale of New York
Author: James Patrick Donleavy
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Perennially short of funds, Cornelius Christian accepts a job at a funeral home in order to pay for his wife's burial. A series of madcap adventures commences in what Donleavy calls "the great sad cathedral that is New York City".
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Perennially short of funds, Cornelius Christian accepts a job at a funeral home in order to pay for his wife's burial. A series of madcap adventures commences in what Donleavy calls "the great sad cathedral that is New York City".
A Singular Man
Author: J. P. Donleavy
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802198147
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
An “excruciatingly funny” novel by the author of the classic The Ginger Man (Newsweek). From “a comic writer rivaling Waugh and Wodehouse”, this is the story of George Smith (Life). Mysteriously rich and desperately lonely, George appears to be under attack from all quarters. His former wife and four horrible children are suing to get his money. His dipsomaniacal housekeeper is trying to arouse his carnal interest. His secretary, the beautiful, blond Miss Martin, will barely give him the time of day. Making matters even worse are the threatening letters: Dear Sir, Only for the moment are we saying nothing. Yours, etc., Present Associates. Despite such precautions as a two-inch-thick surgical steel door and a bulletproof limousine, Smith remains worried. So he undertakes to build a giant mausoleum, complete with plumbing, in which to live . . . Hunter S. Thompson called reading this book “like sitting down to an evening of good whisky and mad laughter in a rare conversation somewhere on the edge of reality.” A Singular Man is a deliciously dark comic novel by the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement honor from the Irish Book Awards. “A wild romp . . . An important, first-rate novel by a gifted artist.” —Chicago Tribune “Rollicking, rambunctious . . . Sheer pleasure to read . . . Shatteringly funny.” —The New York Times Book Review
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802198147
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
An “excruciatingly funny” novel by the author of the classic The Ginger Man (Newsweek). From “a comic writer rivaling Waugh and Wodehouse”, this is the story of George Smith (Life). Mysteriously rich and desperately lonely, George appears to be under attack from all quarters. His former wife and four horrible children are suing to get his money. His dipsomaniacal housekeeper is trying to arouse his carnal interest. His secretary, the beautiful, blond Miss Martin, will barely give him the time of day. Making matters even worse are the threatening letters: Dear Sir, Only for the moment are we saying nothing. Yours, etc., Present Associates. Despite such precautions as a two-inch-thick surgical steel door and a bulletproof limousine, Smith remains worried. So he undertakes to build a giant mausoleum, complete with plumbing, in which to live . . . Hunter S. Thompson called reading this book “like sitting down to an evening of good whisky and mad laughter in a rare conversation somewhere on the edge of reality.” A Singular Man is a deliciously dark comic novel by the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement honor from the Irish Book Awards. “A wild romp . . . An important, first-rate novel by a gifted artist.” —Chicago Tribune “Rollicking, rambunctious . . . Sheer pleasure to read . . . Shatteringly funny.” —The New York Times Book Review
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman
Author: J. P. Donleavy
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802198198
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
His future is disastrous, his present indecent, his past divine. He Is Darcy Dancer, youthful squire of Andromeda Park, the great gray stone mansion inhabited by Crooks, the cross-eyed butler, and the sexy, aristocratic Miss Von B.
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802198198
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
His future is disastrous, his present indecent, his past divine. He Is Darcy Dancer, youthful squire of Andromeda Park, the great gray stone mansion inhabited by Crooks, the cross-eyed butler, and the sexy, aristocratic Miss Von B.
Cadenza
Author: Ralph Cusack
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN: 9780916583057
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Like Melies's film The Hallucinations of Baron Munchausen, Ralph Cusack's Cadenza gives us a hero, Desmond, who finds himself caught between two worlds, the night before and the morning after, the past and the present, the world that is and the world that was.
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
ISBN: 9780916583057
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Like Melies's film The Hallucinations of Baron Munchausen, Ralph Cusack's Cadenza gives us a hero, Desmond, who finds himself caught between two worlds, the night before and the morning after, the past and the present, the world that is and the world that was.
Are You Listening Rabbi Löw
Author: James Patrick Donleavy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140098211
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
As the suddenly wealthy producer of the lowbrow London revue Kiss It, Don't Hold It, It's Too Hot, Schultz crashes through upper-crust British society with the finesse of a bull. He rambles on about his obsessions and occasionally prays to his ancestor, the late rabbi of the title, for guidance.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140098211
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
As the suddenly wealthy producer of the lowbrow London revue Kiss It, Don't Hold It, It's Too Hot, Schultz crashes through upper-crust British society with the finesse of a bull. He rambles on about his obsessions and occasionally prays to his ancestor, the late rabbi of the title, for guidance.
The Teleportation Accident
Author: Ned Beauman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1620400243
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Long-listed for the 2012 Man Booker Prize, The Teleportation Accident is a hilarious sci-fi noir about sex, Satan, and teleportation devices. When you haven't had sex in a long time, it feels like the worst thing that could ever happen. If you're living in Germany in the 1930s, it probably isn't. But that's no consolation to Egon Loeser, whose carnal misfortunes will push him from the experimental theaters of Berlin to the absinthe bars of Paris to the physics laboratories of Los Angeles, trying all the while to solve two mysteries: Was it really a deal with Satan that claimed the life of his hero, Renaissance set designer Adriano Lavicini, creator of the so-called Teleportation Device? And why is it that a handsome, clever, modest guy like him can't-just once in a while-get himself laid? Ned Bauman has crafted a stunningly inventive, exceptionally funny, dangerously unsteady and (largely) coherent novel about sex, violence, space, time, and how the best way to deal with history is to ignore it.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1620400243
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Long-listed for the 2012 Man Booker Prize, The Teleportation Accident is a hilarious sci-fi noir about sex, Satan, and teleportation devices. When you haven't had sex in a long time, it feels like the worst thing that could ever happen. If you're living in Germany in the 1930s, it probably isn't. But that's no consolation to Egon Loeser, whose carnal misfortunes will push him from the experimental theaters of Berlin to the absinthe bars of Paris to the physics laboratories of Los Angeles, trying all the while to solve two mysteries: Was it really a deal with Satan that claimed the life of his hero, Renaissance set designer Adriano Lavicini, creator of the so-called Teleportation Device? And why is it that a handsome, clever, modest guy like him can't-just once in a while-get himself laid? Ned Bauman has crafted a stunningly inventive, exceptionally funny, dangerously unsteady and (largely) coherent novel about sex, violence, space, time, and how the best way to deal with history is to ignore it.
Fairy Tales of New York
Author: James Patrick Donleavy
Publisher: New York : Random House
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Random House
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
The Lady Who Liked Clean Restrooms
Author: J. P. Donleavy
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312187347
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
A delightful classic in the making--by the author of "The Gingerman". Joy, who finds her resources rapidly dwindling after her husband divorces her for a bit of "fresh flesh", finds comfort in her quest for the cleanest restrooms in New York City. 8 line drawings.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312187347
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
A delightful classic in the making--by the author of "The Gingerman". Joy, who finds her resources rapidly dwindling after her husband divorces her for a bit of "fresh flesh", finds comfort in her quest for the cleanest restrooms in New York City. 8 line drawings.