The Naked Civil Servant [Stranger Than ...] - Softcover

Quentin Crisp

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007790201 ISBN 13: 9780007790203

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2006

Synopsis

In this autobiography, Quentin Crisp describes his unhappy childhood and the stresses of adolescence that led him to London. There in bedsits and cafes he found a world of brutality and comedy, of shortlived jobs and precarious relationships. All of which he faced with humour and intelligence.

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Review:

‘A work of great wit, intelligence and sensitivity.’ Washington Post Book World

From the Back Cover:

"As soon as I stepped out of my mother's womb...I realized that I had made a mistake", Quentin Crisp declares, giving a small hint of the witty and wry approach he takes toward the life he describes with uninhibited exuberance in this classic autobiography, which is both a comic masterpiece and a unique testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Crisp not only came out as a gay man in 1931, when the slightest sign of homosexuality shocked public sensibilities, but he did so with grand and provocative flamboyance, determined to spread the message that homosexuality did not exclude him or anyone else from the human race. His hilarious descriptions of encounters with parents, friends, employers, soldiers and sailors, and the law reveal the strength and humor of an honest man, determined to face the world with the uncensored, unapologetic truth about himself.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0007790201
• ISBN 13: 9780007790203
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222