(Hamish Hamilton / Penguin USA, 1990).
A seductive biography of the last professional exquisite.
‘Witty and amazing … both scholarly and hilarious at the same time’.
John Waters, New York Times.
1 am: swimming under a ferocious moon, carried away by the swollen spring tide; the sea knows more than me
1.30 am: a smeary night to be in the sea, shadows of waves against the sky as I bob in the spring tide