First published in Paris in 1955, and originally banned in the United
States, J. P. Donleavy's first novel is now recognized the world over as
a masterpiece and a modern classic of the highest order. Set in Ireland
just after World War II, The Ginger Man is J. P. Donleavy's wildly
funny, picaresque classic novel of the misadventures of Sebastian
Dangerfield, a young American ne'er-do-well studying at Trinity College
in Dublin. He barely has time for his studies and avoids bill
collectors, makes love to almost anything in a skirt, and tries to
survive without having to descend into the bottomless pit of steady
work. Dangerfield's appetite for women, liquor, and general roguishness
is insatiable--and he satisfies it with endless charm.