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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Pàgina 8
... awfully upset . " Hot and hushed in the random rainbow rays of light on the grey and white checkered floor , the black little group assem- bling tightly one by one . A kneeling stool in front of an altar covered in dusty brown faded ...
... awfully upset . " Hot and hushed in the random rainbow rays of light on the grey and white checkered floor , the black little group assem- bling tightly one by one . A kneeling stool in front of an altar covered in dusty brown faded ...
Pàgina 11
... awfully rich you must do what I tell you . " Balthazar returning with nannie across these soft carpets . Maître reads on . A heavy rain falling on Paris . Winds sweeping over the chestnut trees and lightning streaking bright blue across ...
... awfully rich you must do what I tell you . " Balthazar returning with nannie across these soft carpets . Maître reads on . A heavy rain falling on Paris . Winds sweeping over the chestnut trees and lightning streaking bright blue across ...
Pàgina 16
... Channel did there swim these turtles cooking . Were they awfully afraid to boil and simmer out of a cold sea and go up Uncle Edouard's twitching nose . Please God make me and nannie go upwards and bring her safe back to me 16.
... Channel did there swim these turtles cooking . Were they awfully afraid to boil and simmer out of a cold sea and go up Uncle Edouard's twitching nose . Please God make me and nannie go upwards and bring her safe back to me 16.
Pàgina 36
... awfully nice . Balthazar The envelope handed across to Beefy . Who tucked it beneath his sweater and set out at a trot to disappear with a wave at the edge of the wood . The trees laying great long shadows in the reddening setting sun ...
... awfully nice . Balthazar The envelope handed across to Beefy . Who tucked it beneath his sweater and set out at a trot to disappear with a wave at the edge of the wood . The trees laying great long shadows in the reddening setting sun ...
Pàgina 59
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afternoon Alphonsine arms Avenue Foch awfully Baldoyle Balthazar Bayswater Road Beefy Beefy's Bella blue breasts Breda brown chap Church of Ireland cold curlers dark dear boy Donnybrook door dressing Dublin eyes face feel fingers gentleman girl give glass gleaming goodbye granny grass green grey hair hall hand head hear holy orders horse Infanta Jacques Knightsbridge lady Landship laugh legs light lips little boy look madam Masterdon Millicent Miss Fitzdare Miss Hortense morning mother Myles nannie never nice night one's Paris pulling pushing Rathgar Rebecca shout sixty four Slouch smile sorry stairs stand staring steak tartar Stephen's Green steps stood stop street Sure taxi tell thing trees trustees turn Uncle Edouard voice wait walked wall watch waved what's window