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
... stone houses . White haired ladies bent watering window plants in their silent scented world . With secretive gardens and rusting shutters . The little iron doors by the pavements that opened into dark cold cellars . Where ghosts and ...
... stone houses . White haired ladies bent watering window plants in their silent scented world . With secretive gardens and rusting shutters . The little iron doors by the pavements that opened into dark cold cellars . Where ghosts and ...
Pàgina 13
... little triangular peak of land at Avenue Bugeaud with a squeal of tires and bumped over the rainbows of cobble stones agleam in the yellow flood of headlights . Uncle Edouard squeezing the black rubber bulb of his squawking horn . At 13 4.
... little triangular peak of land at Avenue Bugeaud with a squeal of tires and bumped over the rainbows of cobble stones agleam in the yellow flood of headlights . Uncle Edouard squeezing the black rubber bulb of his squawking horn . At 13 4.
Pàgina 14
... stone paved courtyard and rolled to a stop under a vast glass roofed garage lined with motorcars , two wicker gondolas , and tall potted palms . " Anatole this is my little nephew Balthazar , he is our guest . Come Balthazar , you have ...
... stone paved courtyard and rolled to a stop under a vast glass roofed garage lined with motorcars , two wicker gondolas , and tall potted palms . " Anatole this is my little nephew Balthazar , he is our guest . Come Balthazar , you have ...
Pàgina 35
... stone . Balthazar staring down at this hymn as the words grew faint then blurred and dimmed . Until he woke on his bed , matron bent over him , a cold compress on his forehead . Then lights out and Beefy kneeling close at his bedside ...
... stone . Balthazar staring down at this hymn as the words grew faint then blurred and dimmed . Until he woke on his bed , matron bent over him , a cold compress on his forehead . Then lights out and Beefy kneeling close at his bedside ...
Pàgina 39
... stone . Inside this low roofed room a fire crackling , Mrs. Twinkle's moist eyes as she scurried about setting tea . Balthazar scoop- ing up spoons of jam and biting through white fluffy hot scones to taste the sweet melting butter ...
... stone . Inside this low roofed room a fire crackling , Mrs. Twinkle's moist eyes as she scurried about setting tea . Balthazar scoop- ing up spoons of jam and biting through white fluffy hot scones to taste the sweet melting butter ...
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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