![]() ![]() It’s a crime this book has gone out of print. “Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant,” Philip HoareĪubrey Beardsley, Ronald Firbank, Denton Welch - believe me, this ultimate British eccentric made them all seem butch. This West Coast sage does it best - malicious, spiritually confused and sardonic storytelling like no other. He’s a leader, a radical and his sexual horror stories are smart as hell. The novelist Dennis Cooper has always made other gay writers nervous. Talk about looking a gift horse in the mouth! The Austrian intellectual sourpuss hilariously rejects every literary award he was ever given. “My Prizes: An Accounting,” Thomas Bernhard ![]() In his early youth he entertained his friends at his mother, Lady Glenconner's. His later reputation as a recluse became increasingly true only towards the last years of his life. He appears in numerous biographies about the 1920s and 1930s and he was the model for Cedric Hampton in 'Love in a Cold Climate' by Nancy Mitford. Though undoubtedly idle, he was not truly lethargic: he made several visits to the United States and Italy, and struck up many new friendships. ![]() The astonishing career of Andy Milligan, the most pitifully damaged and insane film director whose personal life made Ed Wood’s look like a walk in the park. Stephen Tennant died intestate in 1987, aged 80, and has become a cult figure. ![]() “The Ghastly One: The Sex-Gore Netherworld of Filmmaker Andy Milligan,” Jimmy McDonough Philip Hoare Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant Paperback Januby Philip Hoare (Author) 57 ratings Hardcover 24.60 20 Used from 13.02 1 New from 89.99 Paperback 26.34 7 Used from 15.00 Stephen Tennant died intestate in 1987, aged 80, and has become a cult figure. ![]()
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