The ginger man
By: J. P. Donleavy
Edition: Complete and unexpurgated ed
Series: A Dell book
Publisher: Dell Pub. Co.
Published: 1969
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Description: P. Donleavy's first novel was originally published in Paris in 1955 and banned in the United States. It is now recognized as a masterpiece and modern classic. Set in Ireland just after World War II, The Ginger Man is J.P. Donleavy's novel of the misadventures of Sebastian Dangerfield, 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.