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Book SynopsisTrade Review'Morris’s eye for detail is a delight. He writes with a pleasingly conversational tone and a dry humour and affection that undercuts the more preposterous behaviour described here … Juicy little nuggets litter the book' - The Times
'Concise, factual, witty and entertaining' - Art Book Review
'Fascinating' - Mature Times
'An exceptionally lively, crisply written, independent-minded survey of one of the most bizarre groups of misfits who ever lived' - Mail on Sunday
'Gossipy, waspish, biased, score-settling and very entertaining' - Literary Review
'Informative and intriguing' - The Lady
'If you have a taste for zany characters, outlandish conduct and the partner-swapping of post-WW1 mavericks who stuck their fingers up at the establishment, then you will not experience a second’s boredom … this book is a carnival of wackiness' - Big Issue
'Uproariously funny … [Morris’s] anecdotes are all told with a dry but good-natured humour … these figures make for highly entertaining company' - The Spectator
'Vastly entertaining … Morris has all the scrupulousness of a scientist but he also has the eye of a novelist' - Financial Times
'Vastly entertaining' - The Oldie
'Peppered with personal anecdotes and colourful detail, this is a lighthearted and entertaining read' - Vanity Fair
'Very moreish' - The Herald, Books of the Year
Table of ContentsForeword • Introduction • Eileen Agar • Jean (Hans) Arp • Francis Bacon • Hans Bellmer • Victor Brauner • André Breton • Alexander Calder • Leonora Carrington • Giorgio de Chirico • Salvador Dalí • Paul Delvaux • Marcel Duchamp • Max Ernst • Leonor Fini • Wilhelm Freddie • Alberto Giacometti • Arshile Gorky • Wifredo Lam • Conroy Maddox • René Magritte • André Masson • Roberto Matta • Edouard Mesens • Joan Miró • Meret Oppenheim • Wolfgang Paalen • Roland Penrose • Pablo Picasso • Man Ray • Yves Tanguy • Dorothea Tanning • Major Surrealist Group Exhibitions
