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Quentin Crisp : the profession of being : a biography / Nigel Kelly ; foreword by Guy Kettelhack.
Van Pelt Library HQ75.8.C74 K45 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelly, Nigel, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crisp, Quentin, 1908-1999.
- Crisp, Quentin.
- Gay men--Great Britain--Biography.
- Gay men.
- Great Britain.
- Gay men--United States--Biography.
- United States.
- Authors, English--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, English.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2011]
- Summary:
- "This biography chronicles Crisp's life, including birth in pre-World War I England; his life as a gay youth on the streets of London; early attempts at writing and job-seeking; entry into the world of modeling; and overnight success late in life. With this definitive chronicle, Quentin Crisp and his unique worldview are once again on display"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Childhood
- The teenage years
- Leaving school
- High Wycombe
- Leaving home
- Becoming Quentin Crisp
- Free lancing
- The early war years
- Becoming a model
- Peace breaks out
- Becoming the stately homo
- A midlife crisis
- Talking about himself
- The naked civil servant
- Traveling the world
- America, here I come!
- Becoming a film star
- Going out with a bang
- The death of the significant Quentin Crisp
- Afterword
- Crisperanto : the philosophy of Quentin Crisp
- Tributes
- Quentin's family tree.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786464753
- 0786464755
- OCLC:
- 732960141
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