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Download or read book the ginger man written by j.p. donleavy and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Leila written by J. P. Donleavy and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1973, nearly a decade before the height of the Moral Majority, a group of progressive activists assembled in a Chicago YMCA to strategize about how to move the nation in a more evangelical direction through political action. When they emerged, the "Washington Post" predicted that the new evangelical left could "shake both political and religious life in America." The following decades proved the Post both right and wrong--evangelical participation in the political sphere was intensifying, but in the end it was the religious right, not the left, that built a viable movement and mobilized electorally. How did the evangelical right gain a moral monopoly and why were evangelical progressives, who had shown such promise, left behind?In "Moral Minority," the first comprehensive history of the evangelical left, David R. Swartz sets out to answer these questions, charting the rise, decline, and political legacy of this forgotten movement. Though vibrant in the late nineteenth century, progressive evangelicals were in eclipse following religious controversies of the early twentieth century, only to reemerge in the 1960s and 1970s. They stood for antiwar, civil rights, and anticonsumer principles, even as they stressed doctrinal and sexual fidelity. Politically progressive and theologically conservative, the evangelical left was also remarkably diverse, encompassing groups such as Sojourners, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Evangelicals for Social Action, and the Association for Public Justice. Swartz chronicles the efforts of evangelical progressives who expanded the concept of morality from the personal to the social and showed the way--organizationally and through political activism--to what would become the much larger and more influential evangelical right. By the 1980s, although they had witnessed the election of Jimmy Carter, the nations first born-again president, progressive evangelicals found themselves in the political wilderness, riven by identity politics and alienated by a skeptical Democratic Party and a hostile religious right.In the twenty-first century, evangelicals of nearly all political and denominational persuasions view social engagement as a fundamental responsibility of the faithful. This most dramatic of transformations is an important legacy of the evangelical left.
Download or read book A Singular Man written by J. P. Donleavy and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “excruciatingly funny” novel by the author of the classic The Ginger Man (Newsweek). From “a comic writer rivaling Waugh and Wodehouse”, this is the story of George Smith (Life). Mysteriously rich and desperately lonely, George appears to be under attack from all quarters. His former wife and four horrible children are suing to get his money. His dipsomaniacal housekeeper is trying to arouse his carnal interest. His secretary, the beautiful, blond Miss Martin, will barely give him the time of day. Making matters even worse are the threatening letters: Dear Sir, Only for the moment are we saying nothing. Yours, etc., Present Associates. Despite such precautions as a two-inch-thick surgical steel door and a bulletproof limousine, Smith remains worried. So he undertakes to build a giant mausoleum, complete with plumbing, in which to live . . . Hunter S. Thompson called reading this book “like sitting down to an evening of good whisky and mad laughter in a rare conversation somewhere on the edge of reality.” A Singular Man is a deliciously dark comic novel by the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement honor from the Irish Book Awards. “A wild romp . . . An important, first-rate novel by a gifted artist.” —Chicago Tribune “Rollicking, rambunctious . . . Sheer pleasure to read . . . Shatteringly funny.” —The New York Times Book Review
Book Synopsis The Lady Who Liked Clean Restrooms by : J. P. Donleavy
Download or read book The Lady Who Liked Clean Restrooms written by J. P. Donleavy and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1998-06-15 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightful classic in the making--by the author of "The Gingerman". Joy, who finds her resources rapidly dwindling after her husband divorces her for a bit of "fresh flesh", finds comfort in her quest for the cleanest restrooms in New York City. 8 line drawings.
Book Synopsis J.P. Donleavy's Ireland by : James Patrick Donleavy
Download or read book J.P. Donleavy's Ireland written by James Patrick Donleavy and published by Michael Joseph. This book was released on 1986 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis An Author and His Image by : James Patrick Donleavy
Download or read book An Author and His Image written by James Patrick Donleavy and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Saddest Summer of Samuel S by : James Patrick Donleavy
Download or read book The Saddest Summer of Samuel S written by James Patrick Donleavy and published by New York : Dell. This book was released on 1966 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast.
Book Synopsis The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B by : J. P. Donleavy
Download or read book The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B written by J. P. Donleavy and published by Donleavy, J. P.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times Book Review called The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B, J. P. Donleavy's hilarious, bittersweet tale of a lost young man's existential odyssey, "a triumphant piece of writing, achieved with that total authority, total mastery which shows that a fine writer is fully extended...." 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 governess, Balthazar is shipped off to a British boarding school, where he meets the noble but naughty Beefy. The duo matriculate to Trinity College, Dublin, where 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. Written with trademark bravado and a healthy dose of sincerity, The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B is vintage Donleavy.
Book Synopsis The Ginger Man Letters by : James Patrick Donleavy
Download or read book The Ginger Man Letters written by James Patrick Donleavy and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcasing for the first time 250 of renowned author J.P. Donleavy's most intimate letters, this scrupulously edited collection throws an extraordinary light on the composition, publication and afterlife of The Ginger Man -- the genesis of a masterpiece that went on to sell 60 million copies around the world. Spanning the late 1940s to the early 1980s, the letters chronicle the author's scandalous exchanges between Gainor Crist and Arthur Kenneth Donoghue, his Trinity College friends who inspired the infamous characters Sebastian Dangerfield and Kenneth O'Keefe. As well as providing a comprehensive picture of Donleavy and those closest to him, the book provides a glimpse of the lives of Donleavy, Crist and Donoghue as they venture into the wider world and encounter some of the twentieth century's most influential people along the way. The book features letters to writers Brendan Behan and William Nicholson; actors Richard Harris and Julie Andrews, and Donleavy's publishers Seymour Lawrence and Maurice Giordias amongst others. This unique collection, enriched by images and letter facsimiles, is sure to appeal to a new generation of Donleavy fans and scholars.
Book Synopsis A Letter Marked Personal by : J. P. DONLEAVY
Download or read book A Letter Marked Personal written by J. P. DONLEAVY and published by . This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Letter Marked Personal is J.P. Donleavy's last novel, completed in 2007. Set in New York, it relates the interior monologue of forty-nine-year-old Nathan Langriesh Johnson, the founder of a successful lingerie company. Nathan began his career as a door-to-door lingerie salesman, his wares consisting of imitations of European designs. Now 'a confirmed social climber', Nathan distracts himself with remembered or imagined comments by his wife, Iowa the model, Reginald the accountant and Hal the realtor, and reminisces about the struggle before his business took off. A letter marked 'personal' arrives at Nathan's high-rise Manhattan apartment, and is opened by 'the wife': his life unravels. This portrait of a flawed sycophant is full of Donleavy's wit and insight. Tracing a journey from Nathan's aspirational greed to his realization of the pointlessness of his vanity, this is a poignant story of a man at the end of his days, reflecting upon the futility of human wishes.
Book Synopsis Are You Listening Rabbi Löw by : James Patrick Donleavy
Download or read book Are You Listening Rabbi Löw written by James Patrick Donleavy and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the suddenly wealthy producer of the lowbrow London revue Kiss It, Don't Hold It, It's Too Hot, Schultz crashes through upper-crust British society with the finesse of a bull. He rambles on about his obsessions and occasionally prays to his ancestor, the late rabbi of the title, for guidance.
Book Synopsis De Alfonce Tennis by : James Patrick Donleavy
Download or read book De Alfonce Tennis written by James Patrick Donleavy and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Wicked Wit of Ireland by : Myles Byrne
Download or read book The Wicked Wit of Ireland written by Myles Byrne and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The people of Ireland are renowned worldwide for their wit. This collection combines a pinch of traditional Irish humour, mixed with distinctly modern one-liners, quips and quotes.
Book Synopsis Wrong Information is Being Given Out at Princeton by : James Patrick Donleavy
Download or read book Wrong Information is Being Given Out at Princeton written by James Patrick Donleavy and published by Thomas Dunne Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the war, Stephen O'Kelly marries the beautiful and affluent Sylvia, yet his life is quickly turned upside down when his new bride leaves him and he is cut off from her family fortune.
Book Synopsis A Singular Man by : James Patrick Donleavy
Download or read book A Singular Man written by James Patrick Donleavy and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Singular Man is a 1963 novel by J. P. Donleavy. First published in Boston, the novel is set in an unnamed city that is believed to be New York and was the author's second novel following the critically acclaimed The Ginger Man. The story follows the life of the mysteriously wealthy and aloof George Smith and centers on Smith's love for Miss Tomson, whom in a review, Time Magazine referred to as "a genuinely imagined dream figure of sexual grace."
Book Synopsis Meet My Maker, the Mad Molecule by : J. P. Donleavy
Download or read book Meet My Maker, the Mad Molecule written by J. P. Donleavy and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Paris Olympia Press by : Patrick J. Kearney
Download or read book The Paris Olympia Press written by Patrick J. Kearney and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Olympia Press published numerous books that defied censorship laws. Written by an Olympia book-smuggler turned bibliographer, The Paris Olympia Press provides an excellent account of the Press, its books and its authors, and includes a full bibliography, an overview of censorship laws and a foreword by the late Maurice Girodias, Olympia Press's founder.