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The Ginger Man

by J. P. Donleavy

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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.

Fiction, humorous, generalAmerican studentsAmericansCollege studentsDramaFictionRogues and vagabondsSexual behaviorStudentsTrinity College (Dublin, Ireland)Fiction, action & adventureDublin (ireland), fiction