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Book SynopsisAfter 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.In this second volume of autobiography, Quentin Crisp describes the wider horizons of his years as a celebrity at home and aborad, and explains his personal philosophy of inaction, as well as his love affair with North America.How to Become a Virgin is a witty, acute and perceptive as its inimitable author.
Trade Review‘There must be something in a writer if every paragraph can make you howl with mirth’
Observer
‘If Quentin Crisp had never existed it is unlikely that anyone would have had the nerve to invent him’
The Times