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The Naked Civil Servant

The Naked Civil Servant

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by Quentin Crisp

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Availability:In StockContributor:Quentin Crisp, Michael Holroyd (Preface by)Series:Penguin Twentieth-Century ClassicsPublish date:1997-05-01Pages:224

Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780141180533ISBN-10:141180536UPC:9780141180533Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Personal Memoirs, LGBTQ+Size:7.68 x 5.01 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.3902Product ID:SC44WE5QQH

A comical and poignant memoir of a gay man living life as he pleased in the 1930s

In 1931, gay liberation was not a movement--it was simply unthinkable. But in that year, Quentin Crisp made the courageous decision to "come out" as a homosexual. This exhibitionist with the henna-dyed hair was harrassed, ridiculed and beaten. Nevertheless, he claimed his right to be himself--whatever the consequences. The Naked Civil Servant is both a comic masterpiece and a unique testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780141180533ISBN-10:141180536UPC:9780141180533Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Personal Memoirs, LGBTQ+Size:7.68 x 5.01 x 0.61 inchesWeight:0.3902Product ID:SC44WE5QQH

Quentin Crisp was born on Christmas Day 1908 in Sutton, a suburb of London. After leaving school he became an illustrator and a designer of book covers before spending the next 35 years of his life as an artists' model. In 1981 he moved to New York City and became a resident alien, living in a one bedroom flat in Chelsea which he famously never cleaned ("After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse"), and describing himself as a "resident waif." He died in 1999, just one month short of his 91st birthday.

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

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Revised Edition

Contributor(s)

Quentin Crisp, Michael Holroyd (Preface by)

Author

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A comical and poignant memoir of a gay man living life as he pleased in the 1930s

In 1931, gay liberation was not a movement--it was simply unthinkable. But in that year, Quentin Crisp made the courageous decision to "come out" as a homosexual. This exhibitionist with the henna-dyed hair was harrassed, ridiculed and beaten. Nevertheless, he claimed his right to be himself--whatever the consequences. The Naked Civil Servant is both a comic masterpiece and a unique testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Quentin Crisp was born on Christmas Day 1908 in Sutton, a suburb of London. After leaving school he became an illustrator and a designer of book covers before spending the next 35 years of his life as an artists' model. In 1981 he moved to New York City and became a resident alien, living in a one bedroom flat in Chelsea which he famously never cleaned ("After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse"), and describing himself as a "resident waif." He died in 1999, just one month short of his 91st birthday.

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Edition

Revised Edition

Contributor(s)

Quentin Crisp, Michael Holroyd (Preface by)

Author

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