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The Ginger Man. by DONLEAVY, J.P - 1955

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The Ginger Man. by DONLEAVY, J.P - 1955

The Ginger Man.

by DONLEAVY, J.P

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1955. Paris: The Olympia Press (Traveller's Companion Series, No. 7), 1955. Small 8vo. Original green printed wrappers; pp. 353, [vii]; some light rubbing/ fading to spine, some very small stains and slight creasing to the corners of the wrapper; still a very good copy indeed. First edition, first impression, with the correct price of 1.500 Francs to the lower cover. Donleavy's first and most celebrated novel, printed by the Olympia Press in the same year that Nabokov's infamous Lolita shared its publication. Like this counterpart, the novel was banned, both in Ireland and the United States of America by reason of obscenity. It was rejected by numerous publishers, until being accepted by the Olympia Press in 1955. The author was horrified to discover, however, that it had been published under its pornography imprint. In his later 1994 biography, Donleavy writes: "I smashed my fist upon its green cover format, published as it was in the pseudonymous and pornographic Traveller’s Companion Series, and I declared aloud, 'If it's the last thing I ever do, I will avenge this book.' " Donleavy was under the heady influence of James Joyce at the time of writing, and the novel echos his stream-of-consciousness narrative. It chronicles the adventures Sebastian Dangerfield, an American rogue studying at Trinity College in Dublin, and his insatiable appetite for women, liquor, and general debauchery. The protagonist is based upon Donleavy’s friend Gainor Crist, who read it with great pleasure, never realising he was the model for the hero. Since this publication, The Ginger Man has sold over 45 million copies, and has never been out of print.

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Middlesex: Penguin Classics, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Fair. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. spine taped, cover and spine creasing. Feckless, unwashed, charming, penurious Sebastian Balfe Dangerfield, Trinity College Law student, Irish American with an English Accent, maroon in the ould country and dreaming of dollars and ready women, stumbles from the public house to the pawnbrokers, murmuring delusive enticements in the ear of any girl who'll listen, in delirious search of freedom, wealth, and the recognition he feels is his due. Lyrical and ribald, illuminating, poignant and hugely entertaining, The Ginger Man is a work of authentic comic genius.
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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. 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. 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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