Donleavy

American  

[don-lee-vee] / dɒnˈli vi /

noun

1. J(ames) P(atrick), 1926–2017, U.S. novelist.

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Donleavy British  

/ dɒnˈliːvɪ /

noun

1. J ( ames ) P ( atrick ). born 1926, Irish-American novelist. His books include The Ginger Man (1956), The Onion Eaters (1971), Are You Listening Rabbi Löw? (1987), and The Lady Who Liked Clean Rest Rooms (1995)

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Example Sentences

Donleavy, you’d like to decompose when you die in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs of Dublin; if you sometimes wish you were an extra in John Gay’s raucous “The Beggar’s Opera,” then Guillermo Stitch’s new novel, “Lake of Urine,” is for you.

From New York Times

I was horrified yet set alight by the brutal amorality of Sebastian Dangerfield from J. P. Donleavy’s “The Ginger Man,” and I’ll never quite shake the impact of Cheryl Glickman from “The First Bad Man,” by Miranda July.

From New York Times

Donleavy’s “The Ginger Man,” on the road.

From Seattle Times

Donleavy’s Sebastian Dangerfield and John Kennedy Toole’s Ignatius Reilly — although the comedy of “Welfare” is, by necessity, comparatively muted.

From Washington Post

A sister, Mary Rita Donleavy, told the New York Times he died after a stroke.

From Washington Post