Schultz by J.P. Donleavy

Schultz – Sigmund Franz “Isadorable” Schultz – descended from a long line of Prague Rabbis, born in the New England boondocks, fleeing an obscure furture in ladies’ lingerie and determined to make it as a knock-their-socks-off theatrical impresario in London’s West End.
Long before the official premiere, he will host a slew of opening nights featuring the likes of Agnes, Greta and Lady Lulu – ladies all too eager to impress their talents on Schultz and his aristocratic English “angels” – and find himself veering wildly from misfortune to disaster in his exuberant pursuit of erotic adventure, fabulous box-office riches and – do you believe it? – true love!

‘J.P. Donleavy at his wildest, wackiest, sexiest best!’ – Chicago Sun Times

‘No contemporary writer is better than J.P. Donleavy at his best.’ – The New Yorker

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

J.P. ‘Mike’ Donleavy (1926–2017) wrote more than twenty books after The Ginger Man, including The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B (1968), A Fairy Tale of New York (1973), The Onion Eaters (1971) and Schultz (1979) (all available as eBooks from Lilliput), along with several works of non-fiction such as The Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival and Manners (1975). He lived along the shores of Lough Owel near Mullingar in County Westmeath.

J.P. Donleavy wins the An Post Lifetime Achievement Award 2015.