Leila
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the riotous and anarchic world of J.P. Donleavy's Leila, the irrepressible Darcy Dancer finds himself once again entangled in the magnificent chaos of Irish aristocratic life, this time captivated by the enigmatic and elusive Leila, a woman who haunts his every waking moment. Set against the crumbling grandeur of Andromeda Park, Donleavy's novel chronicles the pursuit of love, lust, and longing through a landscape of decaying estates, eccentric servants, and the bittersweet remnants of a fading Anglo-Irish gentry. Rich with comic bravado and laced with melancholy, the novel captures the absurdity of desire with the same gleeful irreverence that made The Ginger Man a landmark of 20th-century literature. Donleavy's prose is a singular force — lyrical, digressive, and alive with a rhythm that mirrors the stumbling, exuberant gait of his protagonists. Leila stands as a continuation of the beloved The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman saga, deepening its themes of mortality, class, and the desperate human hunger for beauty and connection. Donleavy illustrates with devastating wit that the grandest estates and the grandest passions are equally susceptible to ruin — leaving the reader to wonder whether Darcy will ever truly possess the woman, or the life, he so ardently seeks.
Author: J.P. Donleavy
Format: Hardback
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the riotous and anarchic world of J.P. Donleavy's Leila, the irrepressible Darcy Dancer finds himself once again entangled in the magnificent chaos of Irish aristocratic life, this time captivated by the enigmatic and elusive Leila, a woman who haunts his every waking moment. Set against the crumbling grandeur of Andromeda Park, Donleavy's novel chronicles the pursuit of love, lust, and longing through a landscape of decaying estates, eccentric servants, and the bittersweet remnants of a fading Anglo-Irish gentry. Rich with comic bravado and laced with melancholy, the novel captures the absurdity of desire with the same gleeful irreverence that made The Ginger Man a landmark of 20th-century literature. Donleavy's prose is a singular force — lyrical, digressive, and alive with a rhythm that mirrors the stumbling, exuberant gait of his protagonists. Leila stands as a continuation of the beloved The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman saga, deepening its themes of mortality, class, and the desperate human hunger for beauty and connection. Donleavy illustrates with devastating wit that the grandest estates and the grandest passions are equally susceptible to ruin — leaving the reader to wonder whether Darcy will ever truly possess the woman, or the life, he so ardently seeks.