As soon as I stepped out of my mothers womb...I realized that I had made amistake Quentin Crisp declares giving a small hint of the witty and wryapproach he tak... » 

As soon as I stepped out of my mothers womb...I realized that I had made amistake Quentin Crisp declares giving a small hint of the witty and wryapproach he takes toward the life he describes with uninhibited exuberance inthis classic autobiography which is both a comic masterpiece and a uniquetestament to the resilience of the human spirit. Crisp not only came out as agay man in 1931 when the slightest sign of homosexuality shocked publicsensibilities but he did so with grand and provocative flamboyance determinedto spread the message that homosexuality did not exclude him or anyone elsefrom the human race. His hilarious descriptions of encounters with parentsfriends employers soldiers and sailors and the law reveal the strength andhumor of an honest man determined to face the world with the uncensoredunapologetic truth about himself. «