Donleavy, J(ames) P(atrick)

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DONLEAVY, J(ames) P(atrick)

DONLEAVY, J(ames) P(atrick). Irish (born United States), b. 1926. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Plays/Screenplays, Social commentary. Publications: The Ginger Man, 1955, complete ed., 1963; The Ginger Man (play), 1961, in UK as What They Did in Dublin, with the Ginger Man, 1962; Fairy Tales of New York (play), 1961; A Singular Man, 1963; A Singular Man (play), 1965; Meet My Maker the Mad Molecule (short stories), 1964; The Saddest Summer of Samuel S., 1966; The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B., 1968; The Onion Eaters, 1971; The Collected Plays of J.P. Donleavy, 1972; A Fairy Tale of New York, 1973; The Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival and Manners, 1975; The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman, 1977; Schultz, 1979; Leila, 1983; De Alfonce Tennis, 1984; J.P. Donleavy's Ireland, 1986; Are You Listening, Rabbi Low, 1987; A Singular Country, 1989; That Darcy, That Dancer, That Gentleman, 1990; The History of the Ginger Man (memoirs), 1994; The Lady Who Liked Clean Rest Rooms (novella), 1996; Wrong Information Is Being Given Out at Princeton (novel), 1997; The Author and His Image (short stories), 1997; Letter Marked Personal, 2000. Address: Levington Pk, Mullingar, Westmeath, Ireland.

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