Not Quite Straight : A Memoir

Language: English

Published by Random House Australia

1741666279 / 9781741666274

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Born in respectable (read: dull) Adelaide in 1921, Jeffrey Smart made his first Grand Tour of Europe at age 4. By 5 he had discovered Sex (with a female classmate) and Crime. By 18 he'd decided he was the only person in Australia who was 'not quite straight'. The subsequent decades brought further enlightenment, more travel, study with Fernand Leger, artistic development, adventures high and low, international acclaim, friends famous and infamous and - fittingly for someone who refers to himself as 'a European who carries an Australian passport' - a permanent return to the ancient, sun-soaked landscape of Tuscany. Fully updated with a new Postscript by the author, this is his account of that very full life. He writes with a wicked wit of his family, friends and lovers, and of his jobs, including being the much-loved Phidias in ABC Radio's 'The Argonauts' and the more lowly position of sink-scrubber on a slow boat to London, before finding fame as an artist. Throughout he is candid, funny and engaging. Like Smart's paintings, NOT QUITE STRAIGHT offers a singular perspective shaped by a unique life. 2008, Reprint. A near fine copy with light age tanning of the edges.

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Title
Not Quite Straight : A Memoir
Author
Jeffrey Smart
Publisher
Random House Australia
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
1741666279
ISBN 13
9781741666274
Edition
804.
Dimensions
200mm X 132mm X 32mm

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