"The Ginger Man"

The Listener, Jan. 24, 1957.

Article/review of the Spearman edition.

"The Fool-Rogue"

The Nation , May 24, 1958

Article and review by Vivian Mercier -The Ginger Man.

"New Names on the Dust Jackets"

The New York Times, June 15, 1958

Article on new writers on the scene by Norman Podhoretz. Very favorable
to JPD.

"Dorothy Parker on Books" - Four rousing cheers

Esquire, July, 1958

An absolute rave review of The Ginger Man with brief biographical background.

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"Title?"

Commonweal, Aug. 15, 1958.

Details being researched.

"The Ginger Man"

National Review , (month?), 1958

Big surprise - a negative review/article by William F. Buckley

"Title?"

The New Yorker, Oct. 25, 1958.

Article by Malcom Cowley includes JPD.

"Novelists preoccupied with sex"

Horizon, March, 1959

Article by Malcom Cowley includes JPD.

"For the Singing Birds"

Time, Monday, April 20, 1959

JPD mentioned in an article-review of the book Cadenza by Ralph Cusack. Donleavy reviewed the book himself in Saturday Review, April 16, 1959 (see JPD - Periodicals).

"The Ginger Man"

Encore Magazine: The Voice of Vital Theatre, No. 22, Nov.-Dec., 1959

Article/review by Edna O' Brian.

"J.P. Donleavy "

New Left Review, (month?), 1960

by Gísli Gunnarsson.

"The Un-Angry"

Time, Feb. 3, 1961

Article and review -Fairy Tales of New York (London premiere).

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"Where Is The Ginger Man?"

New Left Review, March-April 1961

Article by Norm Fruchter.

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Odo Voci

by Paul Ableman | Feltrinelli, Italy 1961

Section on Olympia Press, Paris includes JPD. In Italian.

"Fairy Tales of New York"

Plays and Players, March, 1961

Article/review - The Comedy Theatre production with Barry Foster and Susan Hampshire.

"Dateline: London"

Theatre, March, 1962

Donleavy's play The Ginger Man mentioned along with other plays then on London stages. Article by Neil Stevens.

"Hero of Our Times?"

The Observer Weekend Review, June 23, 1963

Review/article by Philip Toynbee about the first unexpurgated, mass-market UK publication of The Ginger Man by Corgi Books.

"Different Ginger "

Newsweek, November 11, 1963

Article/review - A Singular Man. No byline given.

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"Donleavy Proves His Lunatic Humor is Original"

National Observer, November 11, 1963

Article/review by Hunter S. Thompson. From the piece..."Reading Mr. Donleavy is no longer like being dragged into a beer-brawl in some violent Irish pub - but more like sitting down to an evening of good whisky and mad laughter in a rare conversation somewhere on the edge of reality."

"All Over the Blooming Place"

Time, Nov. 22, 1963

Article/review - A Singular Man (novel) No byline given.

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"Plenty of Room at the Tomb"

Saturday Review , Nov. 23, 1963

Article and review of the JPD novel A Singular Man by Granville Hicks.

"Best Reading"

Time, Nov. 29, 1963

A Singular Man in top 10 of Time magazine's "Best Reading" list.

"Cosmic Comics "

New York Review of Books, Vol. 1, No. 7 - Nov. 22, 1963

Article/review by R.W. Flint of three books. A Singular Man by JPD; The Maniac Responsible by Robert Gover; Visions of Gerard by Jack Kerouac.

"Best Reading"

Time, Dec. 6, 1963

A Singular Man in top 10 of Time magazine's "Best Reading" list.

"Best Reading"

Time, Dec. 13, 1963

A Singular Man in top 10 of Time magazine's "Best Reading" list.

"What Happened?"

The Nation, Dec. 14, 1963

Article/review - the novel A Singular Man by Nelson Algren.

"A Singular Man"

The New Republic, Dec. 14, 1963

Article/review - the novel A Singular Man by Hilary Corke.

"Best Reading"

Time, Dec. 20, 1963

A Singular Man in top 10 of Time magazine's "Best Reading" list.

"The Ginger Man"

The Nation (Theatre section), Dec. 21, 1963

Review/article by Harold Clurman -The Ginger Man at the Ashcroft and Royal Court Theatres, starring Nicol Williamson as Sebastian Dangerfield. See Ginger Man Plays for more on this production.

"Best Reading"

Time, Dec. 27, 1963

A Singular Man in top 10 of Time magazine's "Best Reading" list.

"Off-Broadway, By Halves"

Time, Jan. 3, 1964

Review/article -The Ginger Man play at the Ashcroft and Royal Court Theatres, starring Nicol Williamson as Sebastian Dangerfield.

"The Ginger Man"

Plays and Players, Jan., 1964