Summary of The Gingerman
J.P. Donleavy’s classic Irish novel “The Ginger Man” follows the adventures of Sebastian Dangerfield, an American law student at Trinity College Dublin in 1947. The novel relates how Dangerfield neglects his studies and his marriage to pursue a hedonistic lifestyle of heavy drinking, sexual escapades, and evading his creditors.
Reasons to read The Gingerman
Although “The Ginger Man” was banned in both Ireland and the United States, this did nothing to stop it from becoming an international bestseller – if anything, the controversy may have increased its appeal. It’s a funny and deliberately scandalous stream-of-consciousness novel about a man who messes up his life and marriage through his addictions to alcohol and sex. J.P. Donleavy was an American-Irish author, who is best known for his novels “The Ginger Man” and “A Fairy Tale of New York”. “The Ginger Man” is included in Modern Library’s list of 100 best novels of the 20th century.
Setting: Dublin (Ireland)
Original title: The Gingerman
Year of publication: 1955
Nr of pages: 368
