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The Naked Civil Servant
The Naked Civil Servant | Quentin Crisp
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"As soon as I stepped out of my mother's womb...I realized that I had made a mistake, " Quentin Crisp declares, giving a small hint of the witty and wry approach he takes toward the life he describes with uninhibited exuberance in this classic autobiography, which is both a comic masterpiece and a unique testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Crisp not only came out as a gay man in 1931, when the slightest sign of homosexuality shocked public sensibilities, but he did so with grand and provocative flamboyance, determined to spread the message that homosexuality did not exclude him or anyone else from the human race. His hilarious descriptions of encounters with parents, friends, employers, soldiers and sailors, and the law reveal the strength and humor of an honest man, determined to face the world with the uncensored, unapologetic truth about himself.
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This book was so funny it was depressing. Crisp tells of beatings, harassment, and abuse as if they were amusing anecdotes. His lack of indignation on his own behalf both made his life bearable and made me sad. There are many insights, although he claims not to notice other people. And for a self-proclaimed vain man, he is brutally honest about his looks.

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“I know now that if you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be romantic ; if you describe things as worse than they are, you will be called a realist; and if you describe things exactly as they are, you will be thought of as a satirist.”

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TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 4y
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Angelala007
The Naked Civil Servant | Quentin Crisp
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I'm only on Chapter 3 and love it.

LeahBergen This sounds marvelous! 7y
Angelala007 @LeahBergen It is! I'm enthralled. 7y
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