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The Ginger Man Letters presents the riveting backstory of the novel, set in post-war bohemian Dublin, through the correspondence of Donleavy and his Trinity College chums Gainor Steven Crist and Arthur Kenneth Donoghue, who inspired the main characters, Sebastian Dangerfield and Kenneth O’Keefe. These extraordinary letters cast new light on the composition, publication and afterlife of The Ginger Man, as well as the fate of its protagonists. Two hundred and twenty letters, selected from over six hundred in the Donleavy archive, create a compelling narrative told in three distinct voices that itself reads like Donleavy fiction: hilarious, reflective and brawling by turn, always revealing of these colourful individuals. As well as Behan, the characters who … Continue reading The Ginger Man Letters
