Quentin Crisp
Subtitle: the profession of being : a biography
By: Nigel Kelly ; foreword by Guy Kettelhack
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780786464753
Subjects: Gay men; Biography; English Authors
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Childhood; title: The teenage years; title: Leaving school; title: High Wycombe; title: Leaving home; title: Becoming Quentin Crisp; title: Free lancing; title: The early war years; title: Becoming a model; title: Peace breaks out; title: Becoming the stately homo; title: A midlife crisis; title: Talking about himself; title: The naked civil servant; title: Traveling the world; title: America, here I come!; title: Becoming a film star; title: Going out with a bang; title: The death of the significant Quentin Crisp; title: Afterword; title: Crisperanto : the philosophy of Quentin Crisp; title: Tributes; title: Quentin's family tree.