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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... arms with salt pressed on his lips and a cold dash of water on the skull , he was christened Balthazar . Made of sudden love this gurgling baby shook tiny tender limbs in ecstasy . Wheeled to the Bois across summer , fists encased in ...
... arms with salt pressed on his lips and a cold dash of water on the skull , he was christened Balthazar . Made of sudden love this gurgling baby shook tiny tender limbs in ecstasy . Wheeled to the Bois across summer , fists encased in ...
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... arms of Pierre . Who carried the struggling little prisoner back to bed . Next day through a silent morning house , nannie collected clothes and toys . And out on the white pebbly drive Pierre fastened the long thick straps across the ...
... arms of Pierre . Who carried the struggling little prisoner back to bed . Next day through a silent morning house , nannie collected clothes and toys . And out on the white pebbly drive Pierre fastened the long thick straps across the ...
Pàgina 9
... and gold carpet of this high domed marble pillared foyer . Down a long oak panelled hall past portraits of ministers , presidents and kings . He held out an arm at a doorway into a Winter went away down warming steps to spring . The 9 30.
... and gold carpet of this high domed marble pillared foyer . Down a long oak panelled hall past portraits of ministers , presidents and kings . He held out an arm at a doorway into a Winter went away down warming steps to spring . The 9 30.
Pàgina 11
... arms and yawning loudly . " Ah yes , why are men more fond of dogs than other men . " " Monsieur I think that is perhaps on this occasion out of my arrondissement to answer . " " I am happy to withdraw the question . Lawyers , ah yes ...
... arms and yawning loudly . " Ah yes , why are men more fond of dogs than other men . " " Monsieur I think that is perhaps on this occasion out of my arrondissement to answer . " " I am happy to withdraw the question . Lawyers , ah yes ...
Pàgina 15
... arm to fire the rifle into the side of his head . He could not see out of one eye but at such close quarters his claw came down like so and my jacket it was torn in half . The situation was very dangerous . You follow me . It was ...
... arm to fire the rifle into the side of his head . He could not see out of one eye but at such close quarters his claw came down like so and my jacket it was torn in half . The situation was very dangerous . You follow me . It was ...
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