Сборник знакомит читателя с лучшими образцами творчества американских юмористов и сатириков ХХ века.Избирая объектами своего внимания различные стороны жизни,авторы включенных в сборник произведений объединяются общим для них критическим отношением к современной американской действительности
First published in Paris in 1955 the book follows the often racy misadventures of a young American, Sebastian Dangerfield,who is studying law at Trinity College.On publication it was banned in America and Ireland for obscenity.
On a grey cold day in a damp gloomy city Clayton Claw Cleaver Clementine of The Three Glands descended directly in the male line with this medical rarity intact sets off westwards to take up residence in the vast haunted edifice of Charnel Castle. Clementine, a polite unknown unsung product of the new world and recently recovered by a miraculous cure from a long decline, alights at an empty crossroads. Standing lonely on its windswept hillside the great turrets and battlements rear in the sky. Clementine destitute but for his monstrous dog Elmer and a collection of toothbrushes enters this ancient stone fortress. Bedevilled b rats and rotted floors Clementine stands unbelieving as an unpaid staff assembles out of the woodwork and guests appear barefaced on the tiles of the great hall with their equipment of audiometers, waterpipes, onions and venomous reptiles. Dills run up, debts accumulate, confusion mounts and the Army of Insurrection threatens while the definition of clarity is ringingly declared as 'that force given to a first sent in the direction of a face that when hit has no trouble seeing stars'. Madness triumphs over love, beasts over man, chaos over reason and for the moment life over death
No stone is left unturned in this ruthless guide to social etiquette, no left turn unstoned; even the most shameful and embarrassing occasions can be used to your advantage. With this book in your hand, Duchesses cease to appal, long-and well-lost friends to mystify; at a word, with Donleavy's help, you can smash a rival's social pretensions and vindicate your own with ease. Donleavy shows that the race is not always to the swift-especially if it suits you to turn up five hours late-nor the battle to the strong. Whether you're puzzled by the meaning of life or merely lacking the basic human decencies rest assured that you can reach the top, Socially Registered or not. For Donleavy shows you how!
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