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 4
... 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 foamed at the mouth ...
... 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 foamed at the mouth ...
Pàgina 9
... doors . Balthazar's mother in her black laces , veils and chiffons ascends alone in the tiny lift . There she is as we ... door and led these five people and little Balthazar across the red blue and gold carpet of this high domed marble ...
... doors . Balthazar's mother in her black laces , veils and chiffons ascends alone in the tiny lift . There she is as we ... door and led these five people and little Balthazar across the red blue and gold carpet of this high domed marble ...
Pàgina 11
... door and leading them along the hall . " Come in nannie . " " Go yourself . " " No. " " O God . " " You must not say o God . You must hold it for me . I do not want to be unkind to you nannie , but I will shout if you don't . Now that I ...
... door and leading them along the hall . " Come in nannie . " " Go yourself . " " No. " " O God . " " You must not say o God . You must hold it for me . I do not want to be unkind to you nannie , but I will shout if you don't . Now that I ...
Pàgina 12
... door . Uncle Edouard taking a stance , heel clicking the ladies departure . The jars of honey placed in nannie's hands . The three aunts each in turn patting Balthazar on the head . Their fat black new shoes sticking out from their long ...
... door . Uncle Edouard taking a stance , heel clicking the ladies departure . The jars of honey placed in nannie's hands . The three aunts each in turn patting Balthazar on the head . Their fat black new shoes sticking out from their long ...
Pàgina 19
... door and into a sky lighted room . A gentleman with a great beak of nose and thin greying hair . His deep voice booming as he shook hands with Uncle Edouard and bowed to the big blue widening eyes on the pale face of Balthazar . Whose ...
... door and into a sky lighted room . A gentleman with a great beak of nose and thin greying hair . His deep voice booming as he shook hands with Uncle Edouard and bowed to the big blue widening eyes on the pale face of Balthazar . Whose ...
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