Leila

New York: Delacorte, 1983.

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Hardcover. First trade. Fine in an about Very good dustwrapper. Solid hardcover copy. Dustwrapper shows tearing and wear on most edges. Tearing in samll. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Item #139309
ISBN: 0385292600

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J.P. Donleavy
birth name: James Patrick Donleavy
born: 4/23/1926

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Biography

American-born author of the lusty comic novel The Ginger Man (Paris, 1955; U.S., 1958), which introduced Dangerfield, the coarse, comic antihero. Donleavy is noted for characters who display heroism in the face of a mad universe and remain deeply attached to life despite its flaws. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore