Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Introduction

  1:  Pictures at an Exhibition (1975)

  2:  Keeping Up Appearances (1923–1936)

  3:  Premature Sophisticates (1936–1942)

  4:  The Mentors and Their Prodigy (1942–1945)

  5:  Eau de Paris (1946–1948)

  6:  The Proscenium Stage (1948–1952)

  7:  Le Cirque d’Hiver (1953–1957)

  8:  On Borrowed Wings (1957–1959)

  9:  The New Decade (1960–1962)

10:  Fire in the Belly (1963–1965)

11:  Tuning In (1965–1967)

12:  A Walk on the Wild Side (1968–1970)

13:  Close to Home (1970–1971)

14:  Fathers and Sons (1970–1974)

15:  The Closet Door (1974–1976)

16:  Museum Piece (1977–1980)

17:  A Balance of Opposites (1981–1985)

18:  The Years of His Discontent (1986–1992)

19:  Renewal (1992–1996)

20:  The Elegant Denouement (1998–2004)

Acknowledgments

Selected Bibliography

Notes

Index

Photo Section

About the Author

Copyright

About the Publisher