The Stately Homo: A Celebration of the Life of Quentin Crisp.The Stately Homo: A Celebration of the Life of Quentin Crisp
Quentin Crisp (November 25 1908 – November 21 1999), born Denis Charles Pratt * Edited by Paul Bailey This article is about the British writer Paul Bailey; for other people named Paul Bailey, see Paul Bailey (disambiguation). Paul Bailey (born 16 February 1937) is a British writer. He originally worked as an actor before becoming a full time writer in 1967. * Bantam * $22.95 If you came out during the past 20--or even 30--years, there's no way you can really appreciate the primal fierceness of Denis Charles Denis Charles (December 4, 1933 - March 26, 1998) was a jazz drummer. External links
This uncommonly handsome essay collection, edited by a novelist who was one of Crisp's life-long friends, offers reminiscences from sources as diverse as out British TV star Julian Clary Julian Clary (born 25 May, 1959) is an English comedian and writer, who is openly gay and known for his playing-on-stereotypes camp style, with a heavy reliance on innuendo and double entendre. Early life Clary was born in Surbiton, Surrey. and actor John Hurt, who played Crisp to dazzling effect in the 1975 film adaptation of Crisp's memoir The Naked Civil Servant. |
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