- J.P. Donleavy from an introduction to Barry Lyndon, Penguin, 1975
Although JPD often claims to read very little contemporary writing other than journalism, for which he holds a high regard, he has written blurbs and reviews of novels and non-fiction. He has also written introductions and forwards to several books. Below is yet another list in progress. As more information is found, it will be added to this page.
Introductions, Forewards and Printed Blurbs by J.P. Donleavy
By William Makepeace Thackeray
Penguin Books, London, 1975 - ISBN 40040064
Introduction by JPD.
The Dream and the Underworld
By James
Hillman
Harper-Collins, July, 1979 - ISBN 0060906820
Blurbed by JPD.
By William Makepeace Thackeray
Bruguera, Barcelona, 1981 - 316 pages
Spanish translation. Introduction by JPD.
To purchase books by J.P. Donleavy, go to the Buyers' Guide.
Cadenza
(Irish Literature Series),
by
Ralph Cusack. wraps - November, 1984 - 227 pages
Blurbed by JPD, taken from a review by him that appeared in Saturday Review, titled "Train of Thought" April 16, 1959.
Remembering
How We Stood: Bohemian Dublin at the Mid Century
By John Ryan
Lilliput Press, Westmeath, Ireland, 1987
Foreward by JPD.
The
Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories
Edited
by William Trevor | cloth - Oxford Press, May 25 1989 - 586 pages - ISBN 0192141805
Blurbed by JPD.
Ireland,
the Taste and the Country
By Mike Bunn
(UK ed.) Anaya Publishers, Ltd., London, 1991 - ISBN 18547002551
Introduction by JPD.
By Michael Wilding
Norton, New York, July, 1991 - ISBN 0393029921
Blurbed by JPD.
By Jill Eisenstadt
Knopf, New York, 1991 - ISBN 0394582306
Blurbed by JPD.
Gargantua
and Pantagruel
By Francois Rabelais | Translated
by Burton Raffel
W. W. Norton & Company, 1991
| ISBN 0393308065
Blurbed by JPD.
The
Art of Mingling
By Jeanne Martinet
St. Martins Press, New York, 1992
Blurbed by JPD.
By Dick Francis
Putnam, New York, 1994
Blurbed by JPD.
By Desmond MacNamara
Dalkey Archive Press, Irish Literature Series, ISU, Illinois, 1994
Blurbed by JPD.
By John de St Jorre
(US ed.) Random House, New York, 1994 - ISBN 0679443363
Blurbed by Donleavy (also reviewed by JPD in his book of collected nonfiction An Author and His Image.)
By John de St Jorre
UK ed. Hutchinson Books, London 1994 - ISBN 0091778743
Blurbed by Donleavy (also reviewed by JPD in his book of collected nonfiction An Author and His Image.)
By Patrick McCabe
Delta, NYC,1994
Blurbed by JPD.
By John de St Jorre
UK paperback edition. Pimlico (an imprint of Random House), London 1995
Blurbed by Donleavy (also reviewed by JPD in his book of collected nonfiction An Author and His Image.)
By Selina Hastings
US hardcover edition. Houghton Mifflin, New York, Boston, 1995
Blurbed by Donleavy (also reviewed by JPD in his book of collected nonfiction An Author and His Image.)
By Jonathan Swift | Illustrated by Mark Summers
Cloth | Barnes & Noble, New York, 1995 | ISBN 1566197848
Introduction by JPD.
By Brett Butler
Cloth | Hyperion, New York, 1996 -ISBN 07861363
Trade Paperback ISBN 0786889144
Blurbed by JPD.
Ireland
- A Photographic Portrait
Photography by Fritz Dressler; text by
Siggi Weidemann.
Cloth | Michael O'Mara Books, Great Britain - 1996 | ISBN 1854796437
Introduction by JPD.
By Lawrence Grobel
Cloth | Hyperion, New York, 1997
Introduction by JPD.
Ireland
- A Photographic Portrait
Photography by Fritz Dressler; text by
Siggi Weidemann.
Cloth | A Thomas Dunne Book (an imprint of St. Martin's Press) New York -
1997
Introduction by JPD.
By Michael O'Sullivan | Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1999 | ISBN 1568331874
Blurbed by JPD.
Ireland,
the Taste and the Country
By Mike Bunn
Cloth | Collins & Brown, August, 2000 - ISBN 185585841X
US edition. JPD contribution called "foreward" in this edition,
but it's the same content as the introduction in the first UK edition.
The
Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories
Edited
by William Trevor | wraps - Oxford Press, September 20, 2001 - 592 pages -
ISBN 0192801937
Blurbed by JPD.
Fork
in the Road
By Denis Hamill
Wraps | Washington Square Press, New York, March 1, 2001- ISBN 0671016741
US paperback ed. Blurbed by JPD. Amazon has a good selection of books
by Denis Hamill.
By Mike Bunn
Cloth | Verlagsgruppe Droemer Weltbild, München 2002 - 224 pages - ISBN 3426265842
German Translation. Introduction by JPD.
The
Art of the Interview: Lessons from a Master of the Craft
By Lawrence
Grobel
Wraps | Random House/Crown, New York, August, 2004
Available
from Amazon.
Forward by JPD.
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