A man amuck
J.P. Donleavy's 'The Ginger Man,' long banned as blasphemous pornography, is 50 years old, but its antic, brawling hero is as irresistible as ever
 (Francesco Scavullo Photo) Francesco Scavullo Photo |
A LITTLE MORE THAN 50 years ago, in a Dublin known for its wild young and its fidgety devout, and a Europe still struggling after years of war, a holy terror by the name of Sebastian Balfe Dangerfield was inflicted upon the world. Rich son and busted husband, wife-beater and maudlin romantic, personal friend to Christ and bitter foe to ... (Full article: 1348 words)
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