The Ginger Man
E1020571
The Ginger Man is a 1955 comic novel by J.P. Donleavy, notorious for its bawdy, irreverent portrayal of an amoral American student in postwar Dublin and long regarded as a cult classic of modern literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Ginger Man canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13080416 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ginger Man Context triple: [Olympia Press, publishedWork, The Ginger Man]
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A.
The Hoose-Gow
The Hoose-Gow is a 1929 Laurel and Hardy short comedy film known for its prison-escape antics and slapstick humor.
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B.
The Stout Gentleman
The Stout Gentleman is a humorous sketch or tale by Washington Irving, included as one of the stories in his collection "Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists."
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C.
The Pepperpot
The Pepperpot is a distinctive octagonal former town hall and market house that serves as an iconic historic landmark in the Surrey town of Godalming, England.
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D.
The Butcher's Shop
The Butcher's Shop is a late 16th-century genre painting by Annibale Carracci that vividly depicts working butchers in a realistic, everyday scene, reflecting the artist’s interest in naturalism and ordinary life.
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E.
The Great Intoxication
"The Great Intoxication" is a song by the band Feelings, likely characterized by emotionally charged lyrics and a vivid, immersive atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ginger Man Target entity description: The Ginger Man is a 1955 comic novel by J.P. Donleavy, notorious for its bawdy, irreverent portrayal of an amoral American student in postwar Dublin and long regarded as a cult classic of modern literature.
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A.
The Hoose-Gow
The Hoose-Gow is a 1929 Laurel and Hardy short comedy film known for its prison-escape antics and slapstick humor.
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B.
The Stout Gentleman
The Stout Gentleman is a humorous sketch or tale by Washington Irving, included as one of the stories in his collection "Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists."
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C.
The Pepperpot
The Pepperpot is a distinctive octagonal former town hall and market house that serves as an iconic historic landmark in the Surrey town of Godalming, England.
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D.
The Butcher's Shop
The Butcher's Shop is a late 16th-century genre painting by Annibale Carracci that vividly depicts working butchers in a realistic, everyday scene, reflecting the artist’s interest in naturalism and ordinary life.
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E.
The Great Intoxication
"The Great Intoxication" is a song by the band Feelings, likely characterized by emotionally charged lyrics and a vivid, immersive atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | The Ginger Man (stage play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | J. P. Donleavy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | J. P. Donleavy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| censorshipReason | obscenity ⓘ |
| censorshipStatus |
banned in Ireland
ⓘ
banned in the United States ⓘ |
| controversial | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| criticalReception | mixed on release ⓘ |
| firstPublicationPlace | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Olympia Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
ⓘ
picaresque novel ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Kenneth O’Keefe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marion Dangerfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Miss Frost NERFINISHED ⓘ Sebastian Dangerfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780802144669 ⓘ |
| influenced | later comic and picaresque fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterReception | highly regarded ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar literature ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | cult classic ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sebastian Dangerfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comic treatment of serious themes
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explicit sexual content ⓘ |
| pageCountApprox | 300 ⓘ |
| protagonistNationality | American ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| publisherAtFirstEnglishEdition | Neville Spearman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post-World War II ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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amoral behavior ⓘ bohemian lifestyle ⓘ marital conflict ⓘ postwar disillusionment ⓘ poverty ⓘ religion and hypocrisy ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| tone |
bawdy
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irreverent ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: The Ginger Man Description of subject: The Ginger Man is a 1955 comic novel by J.P. Donleavy, notorious for its bawdy, irreverent portrayal of an amoral American student in postwar Dublin and long regarded as a cult classic of modern literature.
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