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<p><p>in This Evocative And Engaging Memoir, Thomas Wright Recalls, With Eloquence, Frankness, And Humor, A Man Coming To Terms With His Homosexuality And Seeking Happiness. He Tells Anecdotes And Gives Bittersweet Character Sketches Of Some Of The Most Influential Writers Of The Mid-20th Century, Among Them Tennessee Williams, Paul Bowles, Christopher Isherwood, Aldous Huxley, W.h. Auden, Poet Harold Norse, Playwright Speed Llamkin And Many More.</p> <h3>publishers Weekly</h3> <p>when At Age 16 The Author, Now A 70-year-old Travel Writer Who Has Lived For The Past 20 Years In Guatemala, Met Allen Tate At The University Of The South, There Began What He Terms The First Of The Living Legends With Whom I Was Destined To Grow Up. First Off, Wright Offers A Balance Sheet Of His Personal Characteristics When He Arrived In New York City At Age 19: Blond, Athletic Attractiveness... Intelligent, Friendly, Energetic [but] Mainly Homosexual [and] Sexually Repressed. Aside From The Fact That The Title's Legends Are Less Than Legendary For The Most Part (speed Lankin, Gavin Lambert), Wright Also Discusses Legends He Never Knew, Explaining In Some Detail How He Missed The Chance To Meet Truman

Author

Wright, Thomas E., 1927-

Publisher

Westport, Conn.: Praeger

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780275960506

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Travel