About the Author

J P Donleavy has written eleven novels, a book of short pieces and two novellas. He has had many exhibitions for his watercolours and paintings. He lives in Co Westmeath, Ireland.

Reviews

A triumph. - Guardian Mr Donleavy's creation...has left a mark on a literary generation. - New York Time Comic, dirty, and delightful. And one of those books which reveals its quality from the first line... The Ginger Man is the picaresque novel to stop them all, lusty, violent, wildly funny. - Dorothy Parker