E-raamat: Letter Marked Personal

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 whiskey and mad laughter in a rare conversation somewhere on the edge of reality. HUNTER S. THOMPSON Donleavy was very much a part of the small Dublin bohemia who kept alive a spirit of irreverence, invention and free thought that stopped Ireland from succumbing to complete stultification. THE IRISH TIMES 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 whiskey and mad laughter in a rare conversation somewhere on the edge of reality. HUNTER S. THOMPSON Donleavy was very much a part of the small Dublin bohemia who kept alive a spirit of irreverence, invention and free thought that stopped Ireland from succumbing to complete stultification. THE IRISH TIMES Long anticipated, finally delivered. -- Bill Dunn * Irish Times * Donleavys final novel is a more than worthy addition to his canon. -- Pat Carty * Hot Press * In A Letter Marked Personal J.P. Donleavy has given us his valedictory novel and left us with reminders of his lyrical style, colourful characterisation, black humour and that he is saying something fundamental about the human condition. -- Colin Overall * Books Ireland * 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 whiskey and mad laughter in a rare conversation somewhere on the edge of reality.  -- Hunter S Thompson Donleavy was very much a part of the small Dublin bohemia who kept alive a spirit of irreverence, invention and free thought that stopped Ireland from succumbing to complete stultification. -- The Irish Times