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Dedicated to the memory of
Quentin Crisp


Resident Alien : Quentin Crisp Explains It All

Image: Front cover of book 'Resident Alien : Quentin Crisp Explains It All.'.
Published : 2001

Author: Tim Fountain

A new edition of the "Tour-de force" (Time Out) based on the life of Quentin Crisp.
"The great majority of this absorbing monologue consists of Crisp's own words...wisely Fountain doesn't attempt any trudge through the life story...Instead, Crisp treats us to his views on television, oral sex, the nature of style and the secret of happiness"
-Daily Telegraph
"When I was coming to America, I went to the American Embassy and the man asked me, 'Are you a practicing homosexual?'
And I said I didn't practice. I was already perfect."
- Quentin Crisp