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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... nannie whispered 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.
... nannie whispered 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 5
J. P. Donleavy. strange freedom Balthazar B snuck to watch from the gallery high on the wall down into the dining room . Where candles flickered and incense floated across gleaming plates and crys- tal glass . His mother in a white ...
J. P. Donleavy. strange freedom Balthazar B snuck to watch from the gallery high on the wall down into the dining room . Where candles flickered and incense floated across gleaming plates and crys- tal glass . His mother in a white ...
Pàgina 11
... only when it is time to send the bill . It is time by my watch for my steam bath . Besides I always like to be only five minutes away from my camembert in case it is the end of the world and only a little Beaujolais 11.
... only when it is time to send the bill . It is time by my watch for my steam bath . Besides I always like to be only five minutes away from my camembert in case it is the end of the world and only a little Beaujolais 11.
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... watch me . " Uncle Edouard with one 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 ...
... watch me . " Uncle Edouard with one 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 ...
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