The Ginger Man is a 1955 novel by J. P. Donleavy. 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... J.P. Donleavy James Patrick Donleavy is an Irish American author, born April 23, 1926 in New York to Irish immigrants. ...

First published in Paris, the novel is set in Ireland just after World War II. Upon its publication, it was banned in the Republic of Ireland and the United States of America for obscenity. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Obscenity in Latin obscenus, meaning foul, repulsive, detestable, (possibly derived from ob caenum, literally from filth). The term is most often used in a legal context to describe expressions (words, images, actions) that offend the prevalent sexual morality of the time. ...

Plot introduction

It follows the often racy misadventures of Sebastian Dangerfield, a young American living in Dublin and studying law at Trinity College. Trinity College, Dublin, corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ...

This book may be considered part of the fictionalised roar of the end of the Second World war hiatus also represented by the colossi of American literature: John Dos Passos, Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck. Dangerfield is an American Protestant of Irish descent, commonly believed to be a thinly-fictionalised version of the book's author, but is in fact more broadly based on not only Donleavy's life but also those of his cohorts while at Trinity College in Dublin. The hero, Dangerfield, is a portrayal of lifelong bohemian and friend of Donleavy, Gainor Stephen Crist, as told by the author in "A History of 'The Ginger Man'". Dangerfield upon his arrival in Dublin for an education, realises that he has a mission; simply put, to fornicate and philosophise. John Rodrigo Dos Passos (January 14, 1896 — September 28, 1970) was an important Portuguese-American novelist and artist. ... Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. ... John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) is one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. ...

The book gives us the map of the terra incognito of late 1950's sexual encounters in Dublin and Donleavy's later books spell out the aftermath (particularly A Fairy Tale of New York - which later inspired Shane MacGowan's song Fairytale of New York, recorded by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl). A Fairy Tale of New York is a novel by Irish American author J. P. Donleavy, published in 1973. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Fairytale of New York is a popular Christmas song by Irish folk-rock group The Pogues, and featuring the British singer Kirsty MacColl. ... The Pogues are a popular band of mixed Irish and English background, playing traditional Irish folk with influences from the English punk movement. ... Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was an English singer-songwriter. ...

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

The book is set to hit the silver screen for the first time with Johnny Depp playing the protagonist. Shooting began in late 2006. The director will be Laurence Dunmore of The Libertine fame. New-comer Adam Hurley is also slated to play a large supporting role. Johnny Depp (born John Christopher Depp II[2] on June 9, 1963) is an Academy Award-nominated and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actor. ... Laurence Dunmore is a designer and film director whose first major collaboration was the British production of The Libertine in 2005. ... The Libertine is a movie that was released in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2005, and on March 10, 2006 in the United States. ...

Inspired drinkeries

This book is the inspiration for several taverns in Ireland and the United States. A Gingerman pub is located in Dublin near Trinity. Four connected pubs (though no longer commonly owned), approved of and visited by Donleavy, are located in Houston, Dallas, Austin and Manhattan. A fifth American Gingerman pub is located in Chicago.