The Ginger Man
A Novel
by J. P. Donleavy · first published 1955
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Set in Dublin, Ireland, in the post-war year of 1947, this novel tells the story of a group of college students at Trinity College. Written by Irish-American author J. P. Donleavy (whose own background may have formed the basis for the setting), the novel faced censorship and banning in both Ireland and the United States.
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…reading: The Testament of Gideon Mack: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/014102335X Hard Boiled Wonderland: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0099448785 Walking on Glass: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002TXZTE8 The Ginger Man: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0349108757 Perhaps not true cult classics, but they're often titles I've recommended or just buy for friends many times, and go back and re-read periodically.
on “Who is the real Dice Man? The elusive writer behind a cult novel” ↗…https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unexpurgated-Code-Complete-Survival... I read this on a train and the tears were dripping off my face whilst trying to control my laughter. I got plenty of funny looks. Donleavy's "The Ginger Man" is also well worth a read.
on “Impressions of American Hotels 1883-1898 (2022)” ↗…around. I have hundreds of books and I'd find it hard to decide which ones should hit the recycler. To this day yet even my scrappy 1970's paperback copies of stuff like 1984, Brave New World or The Ginger Man still elicit long conversations because visiting friends can freely browse your shelves.
on “Calibre version 1.0 released” ↗…books than Ray Bradbury will ever have sold in his whole life in its year. Have you read it? Heard of it? Off the top of my head, Peyton Place in its year, or The Gospel According to Peanuts, or The Ginger Man, or Jonathan Livingstone Seagull in their years undoubtedly outsold all of Ray Bradbury. But when their day is done, mostly those kind of books drift back into the void, and go, if not out of print, then…
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