Adventures Of An Irish Gentleman

Download or read book Leila written by J. P. Donleavy and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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