The Wit and Wisdom of Quentin Crisp

Delightfully caustic, the keenest of British wits delivers a book of short pieces filled with a striking sense of courageous individuality--a must-have for the irritated and the perfect introduction for the "unCrisped".

Editor's Note

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Quentin Crisp on Quentin Crisp

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PART ONE STYLE

1

(26)

Style and...Identity, Television, Privacy, Education, Politics, War, and Revolution, Acting, Athletics, Crime Mating Plumage

22

(4)

Coda

26

(1)

PART TWO IN WHICH MR. CRISP EXPLAINS SEX, LOVE, ROMANCE, & MARRIAGE

27

(16)

Children, Sex, and Innocence

36

(7)

PART THREE IN WHICH MR. CRISP EXPLAINS THE NATURE OF WIT

43

(6)

PART FOUR IN WHICH MR. CRISP EXPLAINS ART

49

(6)

PART FIVE IN WHICH MR. CRISP EXPLAINS WRITERS & BOOKS

55

(28)

With special attention paid to: Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Norman Mailer, Jean Genet, George Bernard Shaw, W. B. Yeats, D. H. Lawrence, and Andy Warhol

PART SIX IN WHICH MR. CRISP EXPLAINS THE MOVIES

83

(32)

With special attention paid to: Miss Garbo, Miss Dietrich, Miss West, Miss Crawford, Mr. Brando, Miss Garland Excerpts from reviews of the following: Frances

The Hunger, Ernesto

103

(9)

The Most Erotic Movie Ever Made

112

(3)

PART SEVEN IN WHICH MR. CRISP CONFRONTS TRAVEL

115

(16)

Summer Exhibition

117

(2)

Australia and How to Cure It

119

(3)

I Visit the Colonies

122

(4)

Bloomingdale's vs. Harrods

126

(1)

On Being English in New York

127

(1)

On Riding Trains

128

(3)

PART EIGHT MR. CRISP'S RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT

131

(18)

PART NINE MR. CRISP, LIVE

149

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