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The Naked Civil Servant

By Quentin Crisp
Preface by Michael Holroyd

By Quentin Crisp
Preface by Michael Holroyd

By Quentin Crisp
Preface by Michael Holroyd

By Quentin Crisp
Preface by Michael Holroyd

By Quentin Crisp
Read by Christian Coulson
Preface by Michael Holroyd

By Quentin Crisp
Read by Christian Coulson
Preface by Michael Holroyd

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May 01, 1997 | ISBN 9780141180533

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May 01, 1997 | ISBN 9780593512982

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    About The Naked Civil Servant

    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.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About The Naked Civil Servant

    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.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About The Naked Civil Servant

    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.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Classic Nonfiction

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    May 01, 1997 | 224 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780141180533

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Classic Nonfiction

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Penguin Classics
    May 01, 1997 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9780593512982

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Nov 26, 2024 | 453 Minutes | ISBN 9798217069453

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    Praise

    “This is a book that has fallen out of our consciousness and I think it could help many people today. It is best known for its sharp humour as Crisp charts his emancipation from a dull suburban childhood and begins his journey to become his authentic queer self. . . . In this time of continued hostility towards trans people, I really appreciate the enormous bravery it took for Crisp to be himself. What enormous courage to be gender nonconforming in 1930s Britain in the face of such mockery and loathing.” —Booker Prize–winning author of Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart, in The Observer (London)

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