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Leila, Darcy Dancer

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

J. P. Donleavy

J. P. Donleavy was born in New York City in 1926 and educated there and at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1967 he became an Irish citizen. Donleavy is the author of The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B; The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman; A Fairy Tale of New York; Leila; and A Singular Man.

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