Non-Fiction Books

Even Donleavy himself is reluctant to categorize this book, hinting that perhaps it is still fiction. It's most often found listed as nonfiction, however. A guide to social climbing and survival in the asphalt jungle as only Donleavy could write. Not for the easily offended and wonderfully about as non-politically correct as could be. Also rife with illustrations by the author.

The bestselling author of The Ginger Man writes of his own life and his Ireland--an island he adores, but of which he can still be wittily critical--in a volume beautifully illustrated with his own, previously unpublished, photographs.

A personal view of Ireland, told in the vernacular of the Irishman, recreates the vivid range of Ireland's people, including small farmers, landed aristocrats, Anglo-English, priests, politicians, saints, and scholars

The dramatic, rags-to-riches story of J.P. Donleavy's personal struggle to create and publish a book that became a 20th-century classic--The Ginger Man, written over a period of four years on two continents, and resulting in 25 years of bitter litigation between writer and publisher.

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