The literary career of J.P. Donleavy (born 1926) has spanned nearly 50 years, though he is most famous for his first novel, The Ginger Man.James Patrick Donleavy was born on April 23, 1926, in Brookly...
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If there is an archetypal post-World War II American writer-in-exile it may well be James Patrick Donleavy who, in 1967, renounced his American citizenship to become an adopted son of his parents' nat...
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James Patrick Donleavy's long and prolific career as a novelist, playwright, short-story writer, and essayist has made him a well-known contemporary author. Born in the United States, Donleavy has liv...
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Critical Essay by Thomas Leclair
Almost 20 years ago, before Ken Kesey's McMurphy, before Joseph Heller's Yossarian, "Dangerfield Lives" was on blackboards and toilet walls...
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Critical Essay by Ken Lawless
[The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman] affords the reader all the delights of a master working at the top of his form. No literary artist working in English today is ...
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Critical Essay by Nicholas Mosley
It is difficult to write a life-affirming novel nowadays: too much is known about the tawdriness and shams of almost all levels of society, and a novel that does not ...
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James Patrick Donleavy
J(ames) P(atrick) Donleavy
