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
... hand . Morning wiping sleepy dust from eyes , Balthazar asked nannie why does everyone cry . Because your father has gone away . Where . To where people go . Where do they go . They pass away . Where . To be with God . Why . Because ...
... hand . Morning wiping sleepy dust from eyes , Balthazar asked nannie why does everyone cry . Because your father has gone away . Where . To where people go . Where do they go . They pass away . Where . To be with God . Why . Because ...
Pàgina 6
... Hands reaching out from the shadowy figures and shaking other hands . Uncle Edouard , explorer and balloonist , a ... hand and nodding her way on tall black stockinged legs across the white tiles of the vestibule . Legs that lived and ...
... Hands reaching out from the shadowy figures and shaking other hands . Uncle Edouard , explorer and balloonist , a ... hand and nodding her way on tall black stockinged legs across the white tiles of the vestibule . Legs that lived and ...
Pàgina 8
... hand around his head like that . " " He has just lost his hat and the pall bearer has stepped on it . He is awfully upset . " Hot and hushed in the random rainbow rays of light on the grey and white checkered floor , the black little ...
... hand around his head like that . " " He has just lost his hat and the pall bearer has stepped on it . He is awfully upset . " Hot and hushed in the random rainbow rays of light on the grey and white checkered floor , the black little ...
Pàgina 13
... hand as they stepped down the grey steps under the ivy entwined glass canopy . Her big eyes full of tears pushing him up on the high black leather seat of Uncle Edouard's car . She stood wiping her hands across her mended greeny tweed ...
... hand as they stepped down the grey steps under the ivy entwined glass canopy . Her big eyes full of tears pushing him up on the high black leather seat of Uncle Edouard's car . She stood wiping her hands across her mended greeny tweed ...
Pàgina 16
... hand throwing up a fat blue pink onion . He holds out the knife . A swift pull , and with the left hand he catches half an onion and smiles upon the other half as it skids away across the floor . " Ah too bad but I have never caught ...
... hand throwing up a fat blue pink onion . He holds out the knife . A swift pull , and with the left hand he catches half an onion and smiles upon the other half as it skids away across the floor . " Ah too bad but I have never caught ...
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afternoon Alphonsine arms Avenue Foch awfully Baldoyle Balthazar Bayswater Road Beefy Beefy's Bella blue breasts Breda brown chap Church of Ireland cold curlers dark dear boy Donnybrook door dressing Dublin eyes face feel fingers gentleman girl give glass gleaming goodbye granny grass green grey hair hall hand head hear holy orders horse Infanta Jacques Knightsbridge lady Landship laugh legs light lips little boy look madam Masterdon Millicent Miss Fitzdare Miss Hortense morning mother Myles nannie never nice night one's Paris pulling pushing Rathgar Rebecca shout sixty four Slouch smile sorry stairs stand staring steak tartar Stephen's Green steps stood stop street Sure taxi tell thing trees trustees turn Uncle Edouard voice wait walked wall watch waved what's window