"NEVER UNDERESTIMATE
YOUR ADVERSAY
NOT EVEN
IN A SNOWBALL FIGHT"

J.P. Donleavy from
The History of the Ginger Man

This, the third of Donleavy's autobiographical works, goes into his life before, during and
after The Ginger Man in the most depth. It also chronicles his arduous legal battles with
Maurice Girodias over publishing rights to the author's first and most famous novel. A
must read for those interested in the Donleavy's life and for the surprise outcome of what
surely must have been one of the longest and most complicated copyright suits in the
history of literature.

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The History of The Ginger Man

Cloth | Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence,
Boston & New York, 1994
ISBN 0395515955 - 517 pages

First US trade edition.

The History of The Ginger Man - an Autobiography

Cloth | Viking (an imprint of The Penguin Group),
London, 1994
ISBN 0670847933 - 517 pages

First UK trade edition.

The History of The Ginger Man - an Autobiography

Wraps | Penguin, London, 1995
ISBN 0140175229 - 517 pages

First UK paperback edition.