num_pages: 347
description: First published in Paris in 1955 and originally banned in America, 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. 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.
language: English
title: The Ginger Man
titlecomplete: The Ginger Man
characters: Sebastian Dangerfield
genres: Classics, American, Comedy, Ireland, Irish Literature, Humor, Novels, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 10598
places: Ireland
awards: awardedAt: -347126400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Grove Press