The Naked Civil Servant Paperback - 1997
by Quentin Crisp; Preface by Michael Holroyd
First line
From the dawn of my history I was so disfigured by the characteristics of a certain kind of homosexual person that, when I grew up, I realized that I could not ignore my predicament.
From the rear 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.
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- Title The Naked Civil Servant
- Author Quentin Crisp; Preface by Michael Holroyd
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Revised
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York, NY
- Date May 1, 1997
- ISBN 9780141180533 / 0141180536
- Weight 0.39 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 7.68 x 5.01 x 0.61 in (19.51 x 12.73 x 1.55 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Lgbt
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Library Journal, 06/01/1997, Page 160
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