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
... face slapped in the still summer air . Balthazar woke from sleep and climbed from his bed in the white pale light . All fear . That somewhere else was far away and home . And the little boy in big pyjamas went down the stairs , past the ...
... face slapped in the still summer air . Balthazar woke from sleep and climbed from his bed in the white pale light . All fear . That somewhere else was far away and home . And the little boy in big pyjamas went down the stairs , past the ...
Pàgina 5
... face . Hair brushed , a white blouse under a black satin suit . And borrowed long black stockings with the little bumps of suspender garters stretched against his thighs . " I don't want to wear these nannie . " " Don't make such a fuss ...
... face . Hair brushed , a white blouse under a black satin suit . And borrowed long black stockings with the little bumps of suspender garters stretched against his thighs . " I don't want to wear these nannie . " " Don't make such a fuss ...
Pàgina 19
... face of Balthazar . Whose small bared knees touched , thin stems joined between his white stockings and short flannel trousers . The air scented with the sharp sweet smell of lifeless life pinned , tacked and pickled . " Perhaps it is a ...
... face of Balthazar . Whose small bared knees touched , thin stems joined between his white stockings and short flannel trousers . The air scented with the sharp sweet smell of lifeless life pinned , tacked and pickled . " Perhaps it is a ...
Pàgina 22
... face . A little victory smile on the face of Anatole . Slow intakes of breath as the two servant girls covered mouths with their spread out fingers . And Odette the cook announcing . " But Monsieur le Baron is naked . " There are More ...
... face . A little victory smile on the face of Anatole . Slow intakes of breath as the two servant girls covered mouths with their spread out fingers . And Odette the cook announcing . " But Monsieur le Baron is naked . " There are More ...
Pàgina 23
... face and knees . His mother kissed him on the cheeks and brushed back his hair with her hand . Her skin browned and smooth . And Balthazar frowned and turned away from the swellings of her breasts . A cigarette at the end of a long ...
... face and knees . His mother kissed him on the cheeks and brushed back his hair with her hand . Her skin browned and smooth . And Balthazar frowned and turned away from the swellings of her breasts . A cigarette at the end of a long ...
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