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 6
... hall speaking to passing mourners on their way to the cars . Towards every tiny rosette in a dark lapel he gave a little inclination of the head , a twist of shoulder and smile . " It is very up to date . Up to date . Very modern . It ...
... hall speaking to passing mourners on their way to the cars . Towards every tiny rosette in a dark lapel he gave a little inclination of the head , a twist of shoulder and smile . " It is very up to date . Up to date . Very modern . It ...
Pàgina 9
... gold carpet of this high domed marble pillared foyer . Down a long oak panelled hall past portraits of ministers , presidents and kings . He held out an arm at a doorway into a Winter went away down warming steps to spring . The 9 30.
... gold carpet of this high domed marble pillared foyer . Down a long oak panelled hall past portraits of ministers , presidents and kings . He held out an arm at a doorway into a Winter went away down warming steps to spring . The 9 30.
Pàgina 11
... 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 am awfully rich you must do ...
... 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 am awfully rich you must do ...
Pàgina 15
... hall , the walls dressed with spears , cross- bows and arrows . Two dogs , their claws tearing at the parquet rushing to jump up on Uncle Edouard , snapping and growling at each other's grey hairy heads . " Ah hello . Hello . These two ...
... hall , the walls dressed with spears , cross- bows and arrows . Two dogs , their claws tearing at the parquet rushing to jump up on Uncle Edouard , snapping and growling at each other's grey hairy heads . " Ah hello . Hello . These two ...
Pàgina 20
... halls and coming up from the kitchen . At the floor above and down the hall from the ablution room , the open door of Uncle Edouard's bedcham- ber flanked by the two terror stricken servant girls . Sound of glass breaking . Anatole ...
... halls and coming up from the kitchen . At the floor above and down the hall from the ablution room , the open door of Uncle Edouard's bedcham- ber flanked by the two terror stricken servant girls . Sound of glass breaking . Anatole ...
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