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.
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.
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