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 5
... don't want to wear these nannie . " " Don't make such a fuss . ' " I don't , I don't , I don't . " " Don't say don't . " " I will I will I will . " " All right all right all right . " " Let me do what I want . " " No. " " I will ...
... don't want to wear these nannie . " " Don't make such a fuss . ' " I don't , I don't , I don't . " " Don't say don't . " " I will I will I will . " " All right all right all right . " " Let me do what I want . " " No. " " I will ...
Pàgina 28
... don't want to stay here , nannie . I don't like it . " " You will like it . Look see , other little boys there . Nice little English boys . " Inside the lost gloomy greyness a group of heads crowded at the window looking out . Grins on ...
... don't want to stay here , nannie . I don't like it . " " You will like it . Look see , other little boys there . Nice little English boys . " Inside the lost gloomy greyness a group of heads crowded at the window looking out . Grins on ...
Pàgina 29
... don't we Beefy . And you Duffer when you stop picking your nose you show Balthazar here the way about . What is the ablative of fossa . " " Fossa sir . " " Good chap . " The door closed . The little group grinning again . Duffer feeling ...
... don't we Beefy . And you Duffer when you stop picking your nose you show Balthazar here the way about . What is the ablative of fossa . " " Fossa sir . " " Good chap . " The door closed . The little group grinning again . Duffer feeling ...
Pàgina 32
... don't want cleverness to become slipperi- ness . " " I do not understand you . " " Quite simple , we run a school here to mold leaders . Boys here are of the very best families . Little princes and lords with few exceptions . " " I am ...
... don't want cleverness to become slipperi- ness . " " I do not understand you . " " Quite simple , we run a school here to mold leaders . Boys here are of the very best families . Little princes and lords with few exceptions . " " I am ...
Pàgina 34
... don't bite hard . They sometimes only give a little sting . His are only grass snakes but I am collecting adders . " Beefy over the days steering Balthazar from the lurking harms . The priest hole where they put you in up to your neck ...
... don't bite hard . They sometimes only give a little sting . His are only grass snakes but I am collecting adders . " Beefy over the days steering Balthazar from the lurking harms . The priest hole where they put you in up to your neck ...
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