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“by Dalkey Archive Press, after its initial Irish publication by The Lilliput Press.”
“Numerous comments in these letters wound up coming out of the mouths of Dangerfield and O’Keefe.”
“He maintained The Ginger Man , a serious work of fiction, was being misrepresented, damaging the book and its prospects and his reputation as a serious writer.”
“Donleavy returned to America in early 1952, submitting his novel, S.D.”
“A casual student himself, a smiling Donleavy is seen in a revealing photo, books in hand, outside Davy Byrnes pub.”
“Copyright for the work – thus control over how and where it could be published – had not been properly assigned to Girodias under British law.”
“and all agreed that I would arrive on top of the literary pile- one of them had gone so far as to say it was one of the finest pieces of writing they had ever read.” Over two and a half years, Donleavy collected some 30 rejections.”
“Back at the Wicklow cottage in Kilcoole where he lived with his young British wife Valerie, Donleavy began writing the story that became The Ginger Man , a fictional re-creation of brawling, balling, bohemian Dublin.”
““An exchange of letters was not enough; copyright could only be assigned by the author to someone else by completing an official form and signing it,” reports Girodias biographer John de St Jorre.”
“Neville Spearman Ltd., a mainstream British house, agreed to publish The Ginger Man with trims to get the book past British censors and into book shops.”
“It would be the last time the old friends saw one another.”
“Over their last pints, Behan said: “I know who will publish your book for you in Paris.” He identified someone to put Donleavy in touch with Maurice Girodias, publisher of The Olympia Press.”
“Donleavy, called Guts by his closest friends for his fighting spirit, refused rejection.”
“Publishers censored themselves, fearing prosecution for publishing obscenity or controversial material.”