James Patrick Donleavy (1926)
 
 
J.P. Donleavy was born in New York City in 1926 and immigrated to Ireland
following World War II. He is the author of eleven novels including The Ginger
Man; A Singular Man; The Saddest Summer of Samuel S.; The Beastly Beatitudes of
Balthazar B. (1970); The Onion Eaters (1971); A Fairy Tale of New York; The
Destinies of Darcy Dancy, Gentleman (1979); London Adventures of Schultz; Leila;
Are You Listening Rabbi Low, 1989; That Darcy, That Dancer, That Gentleman; and
The Lady Who Liked Clean Restrooms (1997. He has also written several plays,
including The Ginger Man; Fairy Tale of New York; A Singular Man; The Saddest
Summer of Samuel B.; and The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B. He has published
three works of non-fiction, The Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival
& Manners; De Alphonse Tennis: The Superlative Game of Eccentric Champions;
J.P.Donleavy's Ireland: In All Her Sins and Some of Her Graces A Singular
Country; and a collection of short stories, Meet My Maker the Mad Molecule. His
autobiography, The History of the Ginger Man, appeared in 1994. He is now an
Irish citizen and lives in Westmeath.
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