The Naked Civil Servant
Author: Quentin Crisp
The book which first brought him to the publics' attention. Unique and ground breaking, it is at times desperately sad and difficult to read, at times full of hope, at all times engrossing. He describes his unhappy childhood, the stresses of adolescence which led him to London, where, in bedsitting rooms and cafes, he found a world of brutality and comedy, of short-lived jobs and precarious relationships. It was a life he faced with courage, humour and intelligence."
The book which first brought him to the publics' attention. Unique and ground breaking, it is at times desperately sad and difficult to read, at times full of hope, at all times engrossing. He describes his unhappy childhood, the stresses of adolescence which led him to London, where, in bedsitting rooms and cafes, he found a world of brutality and comedy, of short-lived jobs and precarious relationships. It was a life he faced with courage, humour and intelligence."