Prince Charming: a Memoir by Christopher Logue

Prince Charming: a Memoir by Christopher Logue

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This is the story of Christopher Logue, poet and literary maverick, who counted Ken Russell, Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe among his friends. It tells of his South England childhood, his stint in the army, the years in Paris, offending T.S. Eliot and everything else, all in his own words.

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Prince Charming: a Memoir by Christopher Logue

Prince Charming is the story of one of our great poets and literary mavericks. It tells, in frank detail and with irresistible relish, of its author's South England childhood and schooldays; his post-war stint in the army, which ended in disgrace and imprisonment; his years in Paris, during which he was involved in publishing Beckett and wrote pornography; his return to England, where he was imprisoned for the second time (as a member of the anti-nuclear Committee of 100), offended T. S. Eliot, participated in the new satire movement of poetry, and invented the poster poem.In effect, Prince Charming shows what it has been like for a twentieth-century poet to have lived entirely on his wits, often in defiance of convention and close to disaster, but with sufficient spirit and luck to have contributed, as Christopher Logue has done so distinctively, to the cultural richness of our times.
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ISBN 13 9780571197682
ISBN 10 057119768X
Title Prince Charming: a Memoir
Author Christopher Logue
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 1999-10-05
Number of pages 288
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.