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 3
... Who could snap off your head . And that Balthazar was a bad little boy to crawl up the stairs and throw lumps of cheese over the banister at this Uncle Edouard as he lay asleep in bed . A woman came called Fifi . With a flapping wide 3.
... Who could snap off your head . And that Balthazar was a bad little boy to crawl up the stairs and throw lumps of cheese over the banister at this Uncle Edouard as he lay asleep in bed . A woman came called Fifi . With a flapping wide 3.
Pàgina 4
... head between his reddened ears hunched over the steering . Tears dropped from nannie's eyes . And Balthazar in white knee stockings and silver buckled shoes clutched his blue stuffed elephant Tillie tightly to his breast . And little ...
... head between his reddened ears hunched over the steering . Tears dropped from nannie's eyes . And Balthazar in white knee stockings and silver buckled shoes clutched his blue stuffed elephant Tillie tightly to his breast . And little ...
Pàgina 5
... head held in her 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 ...
... head held in her 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 ...
Pàgina 8
... head like that . " " He has just lost his hat and the pall bearer has stepped on it . He is awfully upset . " Hot ... heads bow in the stale musty air . The coffin pushed gently sideways on the shelf in the wall . Sprinkled with holy ...
... head like that . " " He has just lost his hat and the pall bearer has stepped on it . He is awfully upset . " Hot ... heads bow in the stale musty air . The coffin pushed gently sideways on the shelf in the wall . Sprinkled with holy ...
Pàgina 12
... turn patting Balthazar on the head . Their fat black new shoes sticking out from their long black skirts . One held a cane , and had big brown teeth when she smiled . And this evening a fresh green darkness over Paris . 12.
... turn patting Balthazar on the head . Their fat black new shoes sticking out from their long black skirts . One held a cane , and had big brown teeth when she smiled . And this evening a fresh green darkness over Paris . 12.
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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