Semi-orphaned, semi-legitimate heir to crumbling Andromeda Park in the lush beauty of the Irish country-side, Darcy Dancer is raised by aging servants, tutored in basic skills by lovelorn Mr. Arlan, in hell-raising by incorrigible Foxy Slattery, and in love by his astutely aristocratic housekeeper, Miss von B. He grows up a complete gentleman only to be rudely cast out of his ancestral home, forced to seek his fortune among berserk fox hunters, destitute noblemen, lusty bohemian ladies, and shameless gamblers- to discover that his destiny, like his birth, rides on the 100-to-1 shot, and the sheer luck of a fast horse galloping against all odds to roistering victory! His future is disastrous, his present indecent, his past divine. He is Darcy Dancer.
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'This fielding unbuttoned by Henry Miller ... wenching, boozing, brawling ... A delightful romp.' - Los Angeles Times 'Irresistible ... uproarious ... scenes leap off the page.' - The New Yorker 'An Irish Tom Jones.' - Booklist 'Racy ... Raunchy'- Cleveland Plain Dealer ' A 20th Century Barry Lyndon' - Chicago Tribune 'A rollicking mix of adventure, hardship, and coincidence ... vivid, extraordinary characters and their boisterous hijinks ... amusing, bawdy ... entertaining.' - Houston Chronicle
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978-1-84351-583-8 (9781843515838)
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