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The author reveals the most memorable stories from his long career in journalism, offers examples of the most candid and illuminating revelations he has elicited from his interviewees, and takes readers step-by-step through the interview process, from research to questions on writing to final editing. Original. 15,000 first printing.

Paperback:

9781400050710 | 1 edition (Three Rivers Pr, August 1, 2004), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: The author reveals the most memorable stories from his long career in journalism, offers examples of the most candid and illuminating revelations he has elicited from his interviewees, and takes readers step-by-step through the interview process, from research to questions on writing to final editing.

Miscellaneous:

9780307513304 | Crown Pub, May 5, 2010, cover price $18.00

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Paperback:

9788435015646 | Italian edition edition (Edhasa, February 1, 2003), cover price $15.95

Sebastian Dangerfield leaves his family in Dublin and journeys to London for a life of leisure and vice

Hardcover:

9780385283267, titled "Ginger Man" | Delacorte Pr, June 1, 1965, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Sebastian Dangerfield leaves his family in Dublin and journeys to London for a life of leisure and vice
9780839210375, titled "Ginger Man" | Astor-Honor Inc, June 1, 1958, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: First published in Paris in 1955, and originally banned in the United States, J.

Paperback:

9780802137951 | Reissue edition (Grove Pr, February 1, 2001), cover price $14.00
9780871131997 | Reissue edition (Atlantic Monthly Pr, July 1, 1988), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Sebastian Dangerfield leaves his family in Dublin and journeys to London for a life of leisure and vice

Prebinding:

9780613172516 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $21.70

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An elegant young man seeks his fortune and romance in Paris, London, and Dublin

Paperback:

9780802137968, titled "The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B" | Reissue edition (Grove Pr, February 1, 2001), cover price $17.00
9780871132253 | Reissue edition (Atlantic Monthly Pr, July 1, 1988), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: An elegant young man seeks his fortune and romance in Paris, London, and Dublin

After World War II, Stephen O'Kelly meets Sylvia, a wealthy, beautiful and moody New York girl, who he cannot help but fall in love with and marry, only to find himself cut off from any money and abandoned by his new bride. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780312193720 | Thomas Dunne Books, December 1, 1998, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: After the war, Stephen O'Kelly marries the beautiful and affluent Sylvia, yet his life is quickly turned upside down when his new bride leaves him and he is cut off from her family fortune

Paperback:

9780312244996 | Griffin, December 1, 1999, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Stephen O'Kelly marries the affluent Sylvia, yet his life is quickly turned upside down when she leaves him and he is cut off from her family fortune

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In an unusual and funny story, New York City resident Jocelyn Guenevere Machantiere, recently divorced, finds herself in financial straits and spends much of her time wandering the city intent on finding the cleanest public restrooms. 35,000 first printing.
By Elliott Banfield (illustrator) and J. P. Donleavy

Hardcover:

9780312155636 | St Martins Pr, June 1, 1997, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: New York City resident Jocelyn Guenevere Machantiere, recently divorced, finds herself in financial straits and spends much of her time wandering the city intent on finding the cleanest public restrooms

By the author of 'The Ginger Man'. Joy Jones has always been brought up to behave like a lady. But being pursued by a host of oversexed suitors has left her patience wearing thin. With shotguns across her knees and under her pillow, she is trigger happy and no longer welcome in polite society.

Hardcover:

9780316883429 | Gardners Books, March 6, 1997, cover price $23.40 | About this edition: By the author of 'The Ginger Man'.

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Presents the author's rags-to-riches story of his quest to create and publish his twentieth-century classic, The Ginger Man. 15,000 first printing. $15,000 ad/promo.

Hardcover:

9780395515952 | Houghton Mifflin, March 1, 1994, cover price $32.50 | About this edition: Presents the author's rags-to-riches story of his quest to create and publish his twentieth-century classic, 'The Ginger Man'

In the third part of the series, Darcy is heartbroken over his lost love, Leila, and to compensate, entertains a string of unsuitable partners and throws a grand ball, through which all the Darcy characters parade

Hardcover:

9780871134493 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, April 1, 1991, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: In the third part of the series, Darcy is heartbroken over his lost love, Leila, and to compensate, entertains a string of unsuitable partners and throws a grand ball, through which all the Darcy characters parade

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A personal view of Ireland, told in the vernacular of the Irishman, recreates the vivid range of Ireland's people, including small farmers, landed aristocrats, Anglo-English, priests, politicians, saints, and scholars

Hardcover:

9780393027600 | W W Norton & Co Inc, April 1, 1990, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: A personal view of Ireland, told in the vernacular of the Irishman, recreates the vivid range of Ireland's people, including small farmers, landed aristocrats, Anglo-English, priests, politicians, saints, and scholars

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Darcy Dancer grows to manhood in rural Ireland, finds himself temporarily the squire of Andromeda Park, takes his first steps in love, and travels across the country as a vagabond intent on regaining some of the glories to which he was born

Hardcover:

9780385282079 | Delacorte Pr, October 1, 1977, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Darcy Dancer grows to manhood in rural Ireland, finds himself temporarily the squire of Andromeda Park, takes his first steps in love, and travels across the country as a vagabond intent on regaining some of the glories to which he was born

Paperback:

9780871132895 | Reissue edition (Atlantic Monthly Pr, February 1, 1990), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Darcy Dancer grows to manhood in rural Ireland, finds himself temporarily the squire of Andromeda Park, takes his first steps in love, and travels across the country as a vagabond intent on regaining some of the glories to which he was born

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The outrageous Darcy Dancer encounters old friends, escapes poverty-ridden Dublin in a sojourn to his delapidated estate Andromeda Park, and loses and pursues his adorable Leila

Paperback:

9780871132888 | Reissue edition (Atlantic Monthly Pr, February 1, 1990), cover price $12.00 | About this edition: The outrageous Darcy Dancer encounters old friends, escapes poverty-ridden Dublin in a sojourn to his delapidated estate Andromeda Park, and loses and pursues his adorable Leila

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A reserved, lonely, and wealthy businessman falls in love with his beautiful, zany secretary

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9780871132659, titled "A Singular Man" | Atlantic Monthly Pr, February 1, 1989, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: A reserved, lonely, and wealthy businessman falls in love with his beautiful, zany secretary
9780440379416 | Dell Pub Co, October 1, 1973, cover price $2.50 | About this edition: Mysteriously rich and desperately lonely, George Smith appears to be under attack from all quarters.

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The loneliness and insanity of life in New York City is the author's major concern in this novel about Cornelius Christian's struggle to survive

Paperback:

9780871132642 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, February 1, 1989, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The loneliness and insanity of life in New York City is the author's major concern in this novel about Cornelius Christian's struggle to survive

Shortly after his play becomes a hit in London, Franz Schultz learns that his partners are trying to cheat him, his wife, Priscilla, is suing for divorce, and his mistress' gangster husband is out for revenge despite a deblitating coronary

Hardcover:

9780871132376 | Atlantic Monthly Pr, September 1, 1988, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Shortly after his play becomes a hit in London, Franz Schultz learns that his partners are trying to cheat him, his wife, Priscilla, is suing for divorce, and his mistress' gangster husband is out for revenge despite a deblitating coronary

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The author recounts his experiences as a student at Trinity College in Dublin after the war, and shares his observations on the Irish people

Hardcover:

9780670813186 | Viking Pr, September 1, 1986, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The author recounts his experiences as a student at Trinity College in Dublin after the war, and shares his observations on the Irish people

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Tells the story of the Thirteen , who vanished on the eve of Pearl Harbor when the luxury yacht Hiyathere disappeared, and the long, lonely battle of the Fourteenth, Horatio Josiah De Alfonce Adams IV, to save De Alfonce Tennis

Hardcover:

9780525243243 | E P Dutton, April 1, 1985, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Tells the story of the Thirteen , who vanished on the eve of Pearl Harbor when the luxury yacht Hiyathere disappeared, and the long, lonely battle of the Fourteenth, Horatio Josiah De Alfonce Adams IV, to save De Alfonce Tennis

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The outrageous Darcy Dancer encounters old friends--Miss von B., Rashers Ronald, and the Mental Marquis, among others--escapes poverty-ridden Dublin in a sojourn at his delapidated estate Andromeda Park, and loses and pursues his adorable Leila

Hardcover:

9780385292603 | Doubleday, October 1, 1983, cover price $17.50 | About this edition: The outrageous Darcy Dancer encounters old friends--Miss von B.

Paperback:

9780385289962 | Delacorte Pr, October 1, 1980, cover price $6.95

Paperback:

9780440366430 | Dell Pub Co, June 1, 1975, cover price $2.75

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