Quentin Crisp war ein englischer Schriftsteller und Künstler, der für seine denkwürdigen und aufschlussreichen Wortspiele bekannt war. In den 1970er Jahren wurde er zu einer schwulen Ikone, nachdem seine Memoiren die Aufmerksamkeit der Öffentlichkeit auf seinen trotzigen Exhibitionismus und seine langjährige Weigerung, sich zu verstecken, lenkten. Crisp war bekannt für seine einzigartige Lebensanschauung und seinen Blick auf die Gesellschaft, den er oft durch seine literarischen Werke und öffentlichen Auftritte zum Ausdruck brachte. Seine Offenheit und sein ironischer Witz machten ihn zu einer inspirierenden Figur.
Über lange Zeit war Quentin Crisp die bekannteste Tunte im Vereinigten Königreich, denn er »wurde nicht nur ein Homosexueller, der es zugab, sondern auch einer, dem man es ansah«. Seinen Eintritt in die Kulturgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts, die er beschrieb und deren Bestandteil er zur selben Zeit war, verdiente er sich als Produzent von blendenden Bonmots, von denen dies Buch übergeht.
In an artificially engineered loop of parallel time called the Alternative States of the American Fifties, Victor Winton, a talented but unfulfilled cartoonist, struggles with the contradictory forces held in precarious stasis by the loop. While trying to create the perfect pin-up girl for his new comic-strip series, he becomes intrigued with an 'ordinary girl' by the name of Jenny Mills. As he struggles to harness the fascinations at work in his life, they expand beyond the range of his control and threaten a fulfilment for which he might not be ready. Blue on Blue - a cosy novel in which anything might happen.
After half a century of metropolitan infamy, Quentin Crisp graduated to international fame when his widely acclaimed autobiography The Naked Civil Servant made him a household name, even in respectable households.
With a keen eye for cinema and a sharp wit, the author reflects on over seventy years of film history, offering insightful essays on both movies and their stars. Drawing from personal encounters with iconic figures like Lillian Gish and John Hurt, he combines humor with a clear moral perspective, positioning himself as an unexpected advocate for common sense in the film industry. The book begins with thoughtful essays on stardom and Hollywood's evolution, making it a delightful read for film enthusiasts.
What and where is Hamster Dam? Gary Weber, suspended from work after a distressing series of events involving his patient, Julie Wilcox, has had plenty of time alone to think . . . and remember forgotten things-to recall Hamster Dam. But was there ever any such television show, and would Hamster Dam itself be more or less real if there had been? Brian Warfield, friend and work senior, oversees Gary's case, but he, too, is drawn into a secret world that he dare not tell of and dare not forget. In this multi-faceted gem of uncanny science fiction, British author Quentin S. Crisp penetrates deep into our anxieties about the internet, offering a cautionary tale concerning the terrors in store for a world where there is no offline.
In 2007, Quentin S. Crisp visited Paris and kept a diary of his stay there and his return to Britain. An experiment in literary improvisation, the Notebooks are also a tribute to mood, moment, image and allusion. Making a virtue of pareidolia, the author sifts through the subjective impressions of cumulative duration in an attempt to distil beauty and truth from the everyday, and to reclaim first-person experience from the ravages of 21st century media -saturation.