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The Ginger Man

A Novel

by J. P. Donleavy

Fiction, humorous, generalAmerican studentsAmericansCollege studentsFictionRogues and vagabondsSexual behaviorStudents

Set in Dublin, Ireland, in the post-war year of 1947, this novel tells the story of a group of college students at Trinity College. Written by Irish-American author J. P. Donleavy (whose own background may have formed the basis for the setting), the novel faced censorship and banning in both Ireland and the United States.

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Book data: Open Library