Quentin Crisp Books In Order

Novels

  1. Love Made Easy (1977)
  2. Chog (1979)
  3. Among Friends (1997)

Non fiction

  1. Lettering For Brush And Pen (1936)
  2. All This And Bevin Too (1943)
  3. The Naked Civil Servant (1968)
  4. How To Have A Life-style (1975)
  5. How to Become a Virgin (1981)
  6. Doing It With Style (1981)
  7. Manners from Heaven (1984)
  8. The Wit and Wisdom of Quentin Crisp (1984)
  9. The Gay and Lesbian Quotation Book (1989)
  10. Quentin Crisp’s Book of Quotations (1989)
  11. How to Go to the Movies (1989)
  12. Resident Alien (1996)

Novels Book Covers

Non fiction Book Covers

Quentin Crisp Books Overview

The Naked Civil Servant

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. 2 cassettes.

The Gay and Lesbian Quotation Book

A chronological list of quotations documenting the change over the past decade in ‘ideas of being gay’. The quotes are grouped into sections by subject: coming out, gayness, sexuality, beauty, art and literature, education, separation and loneliness, religion, employment and money and health.

How to Go to the Movies

Since moving to New York City over a decade ago, Quentin Crisp has brought his love of the cinema and his notorious wit together in a series of essays on films and film stars. A veteran film goer of seventy years who has kept a vigilant eye on changing Hollywood styles and the public tastes that follow, Mr. Crisp discusses both films and stars with his typical panache and dexterity and leads his readers with polite madness to a clear, straightforward moral, proving himself to be an unexpected champion of good sense. Along the way Mr. Crisp shares his personal encounters with the likes of Lillian Gish, John Hurt, David Hockney, Divine, Sting, and Geraldine Page. Prefaced by longer essays on the essence of stardom, the nature of Hollywood, and the deplorable state of that town today, Mr. Crisp’s book is a delight to read.

Resident Alien

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

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