Onion Eaters

"At the rate
The world
Is going
It will
Be
Poor old
Everybody."

J.P. Donleavy
from The Onion Eaters

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Donleavy comments in an interview that this book differs from all of his
other fiction in that it is the only work in which all the characters are socially
climbing downward. British star, Martin Clunes, visited Donleavy in Ireland
a few years ago to try to buy the rights to adapt The Onion Eaters for
British television. The outcome is still being researched. Anyone know if it
was ever produced and aired?


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	*The Onion Eaters*

	Cloth \| Delacorte Press, NY, 1971, 306 pages. First trade edition.

	*The Onion Eaters*

	Cloth \| E&S (Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd.), London, 1971 - 334 pages. First UK edition. Red boards with gold foil stamped emblem title & publisher's logo.


	*The Onion Eaters*

	Cloth \| BCA (Book Club Associates), London, 1971, 334 pages. Very similar in appearance to the E&S edition. Only difference on dust jackets is the publisher's logo on the spine. However, boards beneath jacket are blue and the foil stamped title and logo are silver. This is the UK bookclub hardcover edition, and ironically, since most book sellers eschew bookclub editions, this edition is now harder to find than the UK trade edition.


	*The Onion Eaters*

	Wraps \| Penguin, Middlesex, England, 1972, 290 pages. ISBN 014003496X First UK paperback edition.

	*The Onion Eaters*

	Wraps \| Dell, New York, June 1972, ISBN 44006643125 - 335 pages First US mass market paperback edition.

	*The Onion Eaters*

	Wraps \| Dell, New York, Aug. 1972, ISBN 44006643125 - 335 pages 2nd Dell printing.

		*De unieneters*

		Wraps \| De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, 1972 - ISBN 9023404033 - 338 pages Dutch translation.


	*The Onion Eaters*

	Wraps \| Penguin, Middlesex, England, 1975 - 290 pages - ISBN 014003496X First Penguin reprint.


	*The Onion Eaters*

	Wraps \| Penguin, Middlesex, England, 1977, 290 pages - ISBN 014003496X Second Penguin reprint.


	*The Onion Eaters*

	Wraps \| Penguin, Middlesex, England, 1978, 290 pages - ISBN 014003496X Third Penguin reprint.


	*The Onion Eaters*


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