J.P. Donleavy's Ireland : In All Her Sins & in Some of Her Graces - Softcover

Donleavy, J. P.

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9780140107128: J.P. Donleavy's Ireland : In All Her Sins & in Some of Her Graces

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ISBN 10: 0140107126 ISBN 13: 9780140107128

Publisher: Penguin, 1988

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The author recounts his experiences as a student at Trinity College in Dublin after the war, and shares his observations on the Irish people

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In 1946, Donleavy (The Ginger Man left his Bronx home for Ireland to study at Trinity College. What ensued was more a rake's progress than conventional university experience, as Donleavy recounts his initiation into Irish society, chiefly at the subterranean or bohemian level. A peer of the legendary Brendan Behan in brawling and roistering, he frequented the pubs, clubs, brothels that undergirded Dublin's literary and social circles, commencing the love-hate relationship that caused him to settle permanently in County Westmeath in the 1950s, when Ireland offered a tax-free haven to working aritsts. Expectedly irreverent, outrageous and witty, Donleavy peppers this quasi-autobiography with anecdotes about amours, marriages, donnybrooks and his amazingly accepting family. The author's own photos generously illustrate the volume.
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