J.P. ‘Mike’ Donleavy (1926–2017) wrote more than twenty books afterThe Ginger Man, includingThe Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B(1968),A Fairy Tale of New York(1973),The Onion Eaters(1971) andSchultz(1979) (all available as eBooks from Lilliput), along with several works of non-fiction such asThe Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival and Manners(1975). He lived along the shores of Lough Owel near Mullingar in County Westmeath.