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 4
... God love you little boy . His wrists no longer tied to the bed to stop him sucking thumbs . Nor the elastic hat put on his head to keep back his ears . And in strange freedom Balthazar B snuck to watch from the gallery 4.
... God love you little boy . His wrists no longer tied to the bed to stop him sucking thumbs . Nor the elastic hat put on his head to keep back his ears . And in strange freedom Balthazar B snuck to watch from the gallery 4.
Pàgina 14
... stop under a vast glass roofed garage lined with motorcars , two wicker gondolas , and tall potted palms . " Anatole ... stops and moves back a frightened step . " What is that . " " That is the most dangerous bear in the world . The ...
... stop under a vast glass roofed garage lined with motorcars , two wicker gondolas , and tall potted palms . " Anatole ... stops and moves back a frightened step . " What is that . " " That is the most dangerous bear in the world . The ...
Pàgina 21
... Stop them . " " What happened . " Uncle Edouard pursuing the doggie antagonists as they travelled up and down the chaise longue , skidding across the inlay . Now locked in each other's jaws and rolling under the bed . " Ah ha . It is ...
... Stop them . " " What happened . " Uncle Edouard pursuing the doggie antagonists as they travelled up and down the chaise longue , skidding across the inlay . Now locked in each other's jaws and rolling under the bed . " Ah ha . It is ...
Pàgina 25
... stop stop . Through puddles across grass verges along the Bois to Porte Maillot . The wet little brown and black creature watching up at the back car window as its small legs churned away on the grey cobbles . All along the Boulevard ...
... stop stop . Through puddles across grass verges along the Bois to Porte Maillot . The wet little brown and black creature watching up at the back car window as its small legs churned away on the grey cobbles . All along the Boulevard ...
Pàgina 26
... stop . He stood there looking left and right and growing smaller and smaller . To leave a bleak empty space behind on the road . Through the flickering of Balthazar's tears all the way to Chantilly and across the river Oise . And this ...
... stop . He stood there looking left and right and growing smaller and smaller . To leave a bleak empty space behind on the road . Through the flickering of Balthazar's tears all the way to Chantilly and across the river Oise . And this ...
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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