Resident Alien

Book Description: Flamingo, London, 1997. Paperback. Book Condition: Fair. 'The New York Diaries.'Pages faded from age,shelf-worn, unread. Bookseller Inventory # 000613

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Book Description: Flamingo, 1997. Paperback. Book Condition: Good. Resident Alien: The New York Diaries This book is in good or better condition. It has no tears to the pages and no pages will be missing from the book. The spine of the book is still in great condition and the front cover is generally unmarked. It has signs of previous use but overall is in really nice, tight condition. Shipping is normally same day from our UK warehouse. We offer a money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. Bookseller Inventory # W3-L1-R099D-02058

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Book Description: Paperback. Book Condition: Good. We are committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. All books are picked, packed and dispatched from the United Kingdom. Bookseller Inventory # PL00316535B

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Book Description: Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. This book is in stock and will ship within 24 hours from our warehouse in the UK. Bookseller Inventory # GOR001352111

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Book Description: Flamingo, 1997. Paperback. Book Condition: Good. Bookseller Inventory # mon0001495604

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Book Description: Flamingo / HarperCollins. PAPERBACK. Book Condition: Good. 0006387179 wear and creases on corners and edges of cover. Pages curled. If the book is very heavy we may contact you about additional shipping costs. Bookseller Inventory # SKU-111E-000228-KCB

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Book Description: Flamingo / HarperCollins, 1997. Book Condition: Good. New Ed. N/A. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Bookseller Inventory # GRP16998142

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Book Description: Flamingo / HarperCollins, London, England, 1997. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good. 0006387179 225 pages. Slight yellowing to page edges. Writing on front cover in black texta. Bookseller Inventory # 018526

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Book Description: Flamingo, 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London, 1997. Laminated Pictorial Cardcover. Book Condition: As New. First Edition. 7.8" X 5". Book Description: 77-85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London, England, Flamingo, 1997, First Edition, With All Printing Numbers Present, Laminated Pictorial Cardcover, As New, In absolutly mint condition throughout. A wonderful book not a bad word to say about anyone. Quentin Crisp is one - in - a - million and will be sorely missed. As camp as Christmas and twice as sparkly, Mr. Quentin Crisp makes his literary return with Resident Alien. Featuring selections from his diaries between 1990 to 1994, Resident Alien describes the hectic social whirl of one "who is in the profession of being." Never refusing an invitation, Quentin lives a life in which he is continually whisked off to all manner of bizarre fringe events in New York and indeed, all over America. It's hard to believe that this man is nearly ninety years old. From attending his own birthday party to recounting the physical agony of dressing up as Queen Elizabeth I for the film Orlando, Quentin's life would give Paul Auster enough material for a score of films. Quentin is indefatigably well-informed about modern culture because of his well- humoured curiosity about people and places. It is quite evident that he is utterly in love with life. In his own search to be accepted, he himself has always been accepting of others. As such, Quentin rarely condemns or criticises, but observes with wonder and occasional hilarious bemusement the spectacular diversity of life around him in New York. Although Quentin is convinced of his own senility, the lucidity of his writing shows otherwise, especially at those moments where the present leads him to recall the past. Memories of being spellbound by Marlene Dietrich as a young man are interweaved with going to see the latest avant-garde film, or "unabashed festival material," as he calls it. This mixture of past recollection and present reflection is fascinating, in the simple sense of one man having seen and done so much and still able to write about it with consummate grace. Indeed, it is not so much what Quentin does as the way he describes it that makes Resident Alien such an excellent read. In his introduction, editor David Carroll maintains "it is no exaggeration to say that Quentin Crisp could well be the wittiest man alive." Hilarious observations occur on virtually every page. On art; "I rarely visit art galleries, for two reasons: the first is that there is never anywhere to sit, and the second is that I do not understand art. When people ask me what I've got against pictures, I can only reply, 'What have you got against the wall?'" On ballet: "I once told Comrade Nureyev that the charm of ballet was that someone might break his neck." On mortality; "A problem arises if we expire in the presence of our friends. We then have to die and be polite at the same time. It may not be easy." Resident Alien has the distinction of being a profound pageturner; it's effortlessly easy to read but leaves you with the feeling that you've gained something. Crisp has done it again! Just when you think you're a maven on things-BOOM- he publishes his diaries! What a scandal, although I am sure some blue nosed puritan proofreader somewhere omitted some of the more "Corrupting evidence", Mr. Crisps personality and always charming style and wit still manage to rise above the parchment at every turn. This is an ideal "Holiday" gift for a freind to take along when on a long flight or travel to make the time seem to "Fly by", as it did for me when I enjoyed it the first time.My Word!,.I think I shall go and read it again now. Mr. Crisp is timeless and indefatigable. and like "Miss Jean Brodie", still in his "Prime"time! Kudo's once again and, Bravo, Mr. Crisp, You are "La Divine'" indeed! Bookseller Inventory #003575. Bookseller Inventory # 003575

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Book Description: Flamingo, London, 1997. Trade Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good - Fine. Small Octavo (8vo), approx. 8" (200mm) tall. Trade sized paperback, small octavo, approx. 8 inches (or 200mm) tall, in a very good+ condition. Clean and tight copy with flat uncreased spine, minimal creasing to covers and previous owner's sticker inside front cover. Probably read by only one careful reader. Bookseller Inventory # 104126

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