The Naked Civil Servant
- Authors
- Crisp, Quentin
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Tags
- gay men , biography , biography & autobiography , social science , general , literary , gay studies
- ISBN
- 9780141180533
- Date
- 1968-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.04 MB
- Lang
- en
**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 harassed, 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.