Author(s): J. P. Donleavy

Literary Fiction | Vintage Fiction

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From the author of The Ginger Man A "very funny" tragicomic tale of unrequited love in postwar Dublin (The New York Times Book Review). In this follow-up to The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman, called "a delightful romp" by the Los Angeles Times and "racy and] raunchy" by the Plain Dealer, Darcy Dancer, the young squire of a crumbling mansion in the Irish countryside known as Andromeda Park, falls madly in love with the lissome Leila--but disaster dogs his heels, as usual . . . "One of the most accomplished and original writers of our time." --Joseph Heller, bestselling author of Catch-22 "A comic writer rivaling Waugh and Wodehouse." --Life