The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar BGrove/Atlantic, Inc., 1 de des. 2007 - 416 pàgines The sexual odyssey of a hopeless romantic from the author of the legendary bestseller The Ginger Man—“a comic writer rivaling Waugh and Wodehouse” (Life). In the years before and after World War II, Balthazar B is the world’s last shy, elegant young man. Born to riches in Paris and raised by his solicitous governess, Balthazar is shipped away to prep school in England where he is befriended by the noble but flagrantly naughty Beefy. Together, Balthazar and Beefy matriculate to Trinity College, Dublin. There, Balthazar reads zoology and Beefy prepares for holy orders, all the while sharing amorous adventures high and low until their university careers come to an abrupt and decidedly unholy end. Out of the cocooned, innocent sexuality of Balthazar B, J. P. Donleavy—one of the most vital, and often condemned, comic voices of the twentieth century—created “one of the most perfect love affairs in modern literature . . . revelatory and delightful . . . lush and lovely, bawdy and sad” (The New York Times). “If Nancy Mitford and James Joyce had collaborated, the result might have been like the adventures of Balthazar B.” —The Guardian |
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... Uncle Edouard as he lay asleep in bed . A woman came called Fifi . With a flapping wide 3.
... Uncle Edouard as he lay asleep in bed . A woman came called Fifi . With a flapping wide 3.
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... Uncle Edouard's door and quietly pushed it open . Retreating behind the banister once more to heave lumps of cheese and fling kitchen knives clattering across the floor . Fifi sat up in bed and her shoulders showed . Uncle Edouard ...
... Uncle Edouard's door and quietly pushed it open . Retreating behind the banister once more to heave lumps of cheese and fling kitchen knives clattering across the floor . Fifi sat up in bed and her shoulders showed . Uncle Edouard ...
Pàgina 6
... Uncle Edouard , explorer and balloonist , a tall dark spectre in the hall speaking to passing mourners on their way ... uncle . Is it not so . " " Do not call me little boy . " " Ah so what are we . ' " You should not talk with such a ...
... Uncle Edouard , explorer and balloonist , a tall dark spectre in the hall speaking to passing mourners on their way ... uncle . Is it not so . " " Do not call me little boy . " " Ah so what are we . ' " You should not talk with such a ...
Pàgina 8
... Uncle Edouard saying , nannie . " " He is telling the gentlemen not to have an accident . " " Why does he wave his hand around his head like that . " " He has just lost his hat and the pall bearer has stepped on it . He is awfully upset ...
... Uncle Edouard saying , nannie . " " He is telling the gentlemen not to have an accident . " " Why does he wave his hand around his head like that . " " He has just lost his hat and the pall bearer has stepped on it . He is awfully upset ...
Pàgina 9
... Uncle Edouard frowning and pursing his lips at the mechanical marvel . Where are we going nannie , now . Who is that man with mommie . These are lawyers . What are lawyers . They are men who look things up in big books . " Why . " " To ...
... Uncle Edouard frowning and pursing his lips at the mechanical marvel . Where are we going nannie , now . Who is that man with mommie . These are lawyers . What are lawyers . They are men who look things up in big books . " Why . " " To ...
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