Author

Publication

2000 - Quality Paperback Book Club, New York, N.Y, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

158,750 words, Guess

Page Count

635 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC974.7104
  • LCCHQ76 .C75 2000

Alternate Titles

  • How to be come a virgin.
  • Resident alien.

Description

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.

Subjects

Topics

Gay menBiographyCrisp, QuentinLGBTQ biography and memoirGay men -- England -- London -- Biography

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People

Genres

  • Biography

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