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 13
... finger . " You , you machine , you are the first self starting machine in Paris and so help me God you will start or I will kick off your fenders . " Uncle Edouard climbing in again . A yessy grin at Balthazar . And again pressing the ...
... finger . " You , you machine , you are the first self starting machine in Paris and so help me God you will start or I will kick off your fenders . " Uncle Edouard climbing in again . A yessy grin at Balthazar . And again pressing the ...
Pàgina 22
... girls covered mouths with their spread out fingers . And Odette the cook announcing . " But Monsieur le Baron is naked . " There are More of Merry matters Later . And Monday this fading September his mother returned from Bad 22.
... girls covered mouths with their spread out fingers . And Odette the cook announcing . " But Monsieur le Baron is naked . " There are More of Merry matters Later . And Monday this fading September his mother returned from Bad 22.
Pàgina 29
... breast . Laurel leaves touching the squares of window pane beyond the teeth showing faces . A grimy hand tugging at Tillie's trunk . Other fingers prising open the crook of his elbow . The figures closed in . Breathing up against 29.
... breast . Laurel leaves touching the squares of window pane beyond the teeth showing faces . A grimy hand tugging at Tillie's trunk . Other fingers prising open the crook of his elbow . The figures closed in . Breathing up against 29.
Pàgina 30
... and grey flannel trousers . A bright yellow tweed tie . And his polished boots cracked and scarred . The desk lamp spreading out its dim light as long thin fingers turned over papers . The wind brushing a fir branch 30.
... and grey flannel trousers . A bright yellow tweed tie . And his polished boots cracked and scarred . The desk lamp spreading out its dim light as long thin fingers turned over papers . The wind brushing a fir branch 30.
Pàgina 39
... fingers rippling across the keys , his light voice raising slender music as he sang O For The Wings Of A Dove . And ... finger on the small paw prints in the mud round a badger hole on the side of a hill . Through the beech wood and ...
... fingers rippling across the keys , his light voice raising slender music as he sang O For The Wings Of A Dove . And ... finger on the small paw prints in the mud round a badger hole on the side of a hill . Through the beech wood and ...
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