"Donleavy is a comic who tosses cream pies with cement filling."

- Arthur Cooper, Newsweek

Here are some Donleavy-related sites, some having a direct connection, others more indirect. I will try to check these from time to time to make sure that the links still work.

Places Named After Donleavy Books & Characters:

The Ginger Man (Houston restaurant-bar)
The Ginger Man (Austin restaurant-bar)
The Ginger Man (Dallas restaurant-bar)
The Ginger Man (Fort Worth restaurant-bar)
The Ginger Man (Manhattan restaurant-bar)
The Ginger Man (Albany, New York restaurant-bar)
The Ginger Man (Greenwich, Connecticut restaurant-bar)
The Ginger Man (Restaurant, Toronto - enter "The Ginger Man" in search field)
The Ginger Man (Chicago tavern)
The Ginger Man (Dublin, Ireland pub)
The Ginger Man (New York restaurant-bar in the 60s and 70s, since re-opened as O'Neil's
The Gigner Man (Beverly Hills, family-style restaurant owned by Carroll O'Connor, sold/renamed after his death)
The Gingerman (Restaurant, Norfolk Square, Brighton, UK)
The Gingerman (Restaurant, Drake's Hotel, Brighton, UK)
The Gingerman (Auto race track)

The Donleavy Family Page

All in the Family (a brief glimpse at the Donleavy family past and present)

JPD's Levington Park Estate

Levington Park (background and pictorial)

Tribute to Seymour Lawrence 1927 - 1994

Seymour Lawrence (JPD's publisher 1963 - 1994)

Links to Karen Donleavy's Art Work

Shop Multiple Choices
Good Dog Goods
Cold Nose Good Heart

Karen's Compendium page

Links to Celebrities (past & present) Who've Stated They're JPD Fans

Al Pacino
Jack Bruce
Saul Bellow
Dexter Gordon
Simon Le Bon (DuranDuran)
Anthony Burgess
Philip K. Dick
Rodney Dangerfield
Princess Grace (Grace Kelly)
Brian Cadd
Art Garfunkle
Bono
Liv Tyler
John Lennon
JFK
Jackie Kennedy
Bobby Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
Joe Frazier
Marilyn Monroe
Dorothy Parker
Richard & Mimi Fariña
Gabriel Byrne
Hunter S. Thompson Click here to read a Gonzo fan letter sent to JPD
Johnny Depp | 2nd Johnny Depp site
Joseph Heller
Margaret Forster
Marianne Faithfull
Martin Clunes
Mick Jagger
Barry Flanagan Link to J.P. Donleavy's "Remarks on Barry Flanagan" speech
Emmylou Harris
Richard Harris
Neil Jordan
Oliver Stone
Sam Spiegel
Robert Redford
John Huston
Carroll O'Connor (owned and operated a Beverly Hills restaurant called The Ginger Man)
George Roy Hill
Jack Butler Yeats
Shane MacGowan & The Pogues
Simon Nicol
Steve Martin
Van Morrison
V.S. Naipaul
William Kennedy
Lawrence Grobel Click here to read Grobel's article on JPD
Susanna York (starred in the world premiere of the stage version of A Singular Man)

Misc. Sites

Link to Wendy Barrie-Wilson's Site (Millicent & Rebecca in US premiere of ...Balthazar B play)
Link to Maureen Garrett (also in the US premiere of ...Balthazar B play)
Link to Google Results for Nicol Williamson (Dangerfield in Royal Court Theatre prod. of TGM)
Link to Interview with Donleavy Arch-foe Maurice Girodias
Link to JPD's Current UK Publisher (Enter "Donleavy" in Author Search Field)
Link to JPD's Current US Publisher (Enter "Donleavy" in Author Search Field)
Link to Illustrator, Elliott Banfield's Site (US eds. of The Lady Who... & Wrong Information...)
Link to Illustrator, Barton Stabler's "Blockhead" Art (Covers of Atlantic Monthly Press editions)
Link to Photographer, Stephen Hyde (excellent portraits of JPD).
Link to Photographer, Jerry Bauer (professional photographer who's taken great portraits of JPD)
Link to Photographer, Patti Perret (wonderful portrait of JPD appears in her The Faces of Fantasy)
Link to Photographer Stephen Shames (great portrait artist)
Link to The Ginger Man as one of the funniest novels ever written
Link to Thomas E. Kennedy's site (Author/editor whose JPD interview ranks among the best)
Link to "Killing the Celt" Blog (site for the book of the same title by Tomas Runmbar. Available at Amazon)
Eamonn McCabe (Image editor for The Guardian newspaper group)
Brendan Behan Link via Celtic Web
Link to Princess Grace Irish Library of Monaco (JPD bio and books in collection)

Sites About Authors Who JPD Credits as Influences

Henry Miller

The Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur, CA
Henry Miller's Art
Another Miller Site

Franz Kafka

Kafka Site

James Joyce

Joyce Site

Thomas Wolfe

Thomas Wolfe Site

Other Authors' Sites

Yahoo.com Yahoo's list of author sites is the best I've seen so far and certainly the most thorough.

To purchase books by J.P. Donleavy, go to the Buyers' Guide.