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    The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman

    By J. P. Donleavy

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    'Racy … Raunchy'- Cleveland Plain Dealer Semi-orphaned, semi-legitimate heir to crumbling Andromeda Park in the lush beauty of the Irish country-side, Darcy Dancer is raised by aging servants, tutored in basic skills by lovelorn Mr. Arlan, in hell-raising by incorrigible Foxy Slattery, and in love by his astutely aristocratic housekeeper, Miss von B. He grows up a complete gentleman only to be rudely cast out of his ancestral home, forced to seek his fortune among berserk fox hunters, destitute noblemen, lusty bohemian ladies, and shameless gamblers- to discover that his destiny, like his birth, rides on the 100-to-1 shot, and the sheer luck of a fast horse galloping against all odds to roistering victory! His future is disastrous, his present indecent, his past divine. He is Darcy Dancer. A 20th Century Barry Lyndon' - Chicago Tribune This fielding unbuttoned by Henry Miller … wenching, boozing, brawling … A delightful romp.' - Los Angeles Times Irresistible … uproarious … scenes leap off the page.' - The New Yorker An Irish Tom Jones.' - Booklist A rollicking mix of adventure, hardship, and coincidence … vivid, extraordinary characters and their boisterous hijinks … amusing, bawdy … entertaining.' - Houston Chronicle
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Lilliput Press
    Release dateOct 23, 2013
    ISBN9781843515838
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    The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman
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    J. P. Donleavy

    J.P. ‘Mike’ Donleavy has written more than twenty books since The Ginger Man, including The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B, Meet My Maker the Mad Molecule, A Fairy Tale of New York, The Onion Eaters and Schultz (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. He lives along the shores of Lough Owel near Mullingar in County Westmeath.

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    • 4/5
      A great read, including some laugh-out-loud passages - one wants to know more about Darcy Dancer, ie to read another of Donleavy's books!
    • 5/5
      In this sequel to The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman, Darcy Dancer returns from Dublin to his ancestral home, the “mouldering” Andromeda Park, filled with his beloved insolent, thieving, lackluster staff, eating him destitute and “all going mad together.” He finds a new and captivating member of the staff, Leila, who remains at arms-length despite their eventual shared profession of love.Darcy suffers through the usual riotous fox hunts, the drunken savagery of which leave outsiders stunned out of their senses. He returns to Dublin for a short period of more savage debauched drunkenness, this time in the catacombs, and for intense disappointment at the track with the con-man Ronnie Rashers, now masquerading as the Earl of Ronald Ronald. Leila is rife with strife, sadness, loneliness, and profane humor. Darcy is land-rich but perpetually cash poor, as he is well-sexed but loveless, without “all anyone really wants in this world, is just each other. One body enfolding another in comfort when it carries so much pain.”