One the foundational books of my existence is an obscure one. It was written for people who believe they were meant to be to the manor born and, but for a quirk of fate, were not. I have owned said work for nearly 50 years and it is the bedrock of my life as we know it. The author is JP Donleavy (1926 - 2017), an Irish-American writer who lived most …
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