film based on the novel. Rumors of getting the project started surfaced every year or two since 1998, including Depp traveling to Dublin to work on a script with Donleavy, and Depp enlisting Shane MacGowan for a part, but it never seemed to get going. In 2006 it appeared things were taking shape, with Depp selecting a director, Laurence Dunmore (The Libertine). Apparently, interest waned with the success of Pirates of the Caribbean. Depp returned to Ireland to meet with Donleavy again in the summer of 2008. As recently as June 2009, Donleavy was still hopeful that Depp would start the project in earnest. The book also inspired songs of the same name, the first recorded by Geoff Muldaur, Fritz Richmond, and John Sebastian on the 1964 Elektra The Blues Project (EKL-264). (However, the liner notes for this album indicate that the song was a tribute to Richmond.) A second was written and recorded by Australian singer-songwriter Brian Cadd and was released as the first single from his self-titled debut album, released in October 1972. Bibliography Donleavy, James Patrick: 1955: The Ginger Man. Olympia Press. 2001 (reprint): 1961: The Ginger Man: A Play. Random House. (alternate title; 1961: What They Did in Dublin, With The Ginger Man, A Play. Macgibbon & Kee.) 1994: The History of The Ginger Man. Viking. . 1964: 'Ginger Man' Geoff Muldaur, 'The Blues Project' Elektra Records EKS7264 References 1955 American novels Picaresque novels Fiction set in 1947 Novels set in Dublin (city) Obscenity controversies in literature Censored books American novels adapted into plays Irish novels adapted into plays