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 8
... turning one by one to look at Uncle Edouard as he stood his chin lifted and eyes elevated . His black tie decorated with a balloon and gondola beneath which was written , Bon Voyage . At noon the air still , a white light and 8.
... turning one by one to look at Uncle Edouard as he stood his chin lifted and eyes elevated . His black tie decorated with a balloon and gondola beneath which was written , Bon Voyage . At noon the air still , a white light and 8.
Pàgina 9
... turning into an entrance in Avenue George V. A pale delicate tree in the midday darkness , long smooth branches reaching up past windows to a playful sky blue . The air cool inside the high wide thick doors . Balthazar's mother in her ...
... turning into an entrance in Avenue George V. A pale delicate tree in the midday darkness , long smooth branches reaching up past windows to a playful sky blue . The air cool inside the high wide thick doors . Balthazar's mother in her ...
Pàgina 11
... turning the key and opening the door and leading them along the 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 ...
... turning the key and opening the door and leading them along the 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 ...
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.
Pàgina 14
... turning to look as the car sailed past , and an old gentleman swooned back from the road to fall into the lap of a cafe customer and both with table and citron pressé went crashing to the ground . When I bombarded Uncle Edouard with the ...
... turning to look as the car sailed past , and an old gentleman swooned back from the road to fall into the lap of a cafe customer and both with table and citron pressé went crashing to the ground . When I bombarded Uncle Edouard with the ...
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