J. P. Donleavy Approaches 80, Anything but Gingerly
by Brian Lavery
New York Times, February 11, 2006
MULLINGAR, Ireland, Feb. 6 — A crumbling mansion, centuries old, sits amid rolling fields on the outskirts of this market town. It looks uninhabited, its windows blank behind heavy wooden shutters. But inside, a sprightly old man lives alone, tending overgrown gardens, playing the piano and occasionally casting an eye over the cows that roam his wild estate's 180 acres.
By his own admission, he ventures through the rusting gates at the edge of the property only once or twice a month. After more than 30 years here, he has never met his neighbors and does not want to.
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Hollywood beckons as artist Donleavy reaches 80
by Emma O' Brien
CIRCA Art Magazine, February 10, 2006
Presently showing at the Molesworth Gallery, Dublin, is a collection of work by the artist and writer J.P. Donleavy. Although pre-eminently known for his work as an author, he began his career as a painter, holding his first solo show in 1948. Those who have previously enjoyed his literary style and black comic sense of humour will be equally impressed by the wit that dominates this exhibition. Donleavy's fame and popularity are to be furthered with the recent announcement that his most celebrated book, The Ginger Man, is to be adapted for the big screen.
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