A Gentleman of Pleasure
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A Gentleman of Pleasure

One Life of John Glassco, Poet, Memoirist, Translator, and Pornographer

  1. 408 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Gentleman of Pleasure

One Life of John Glassco, Poet, Memoirist, Translator, and Pornographer

About this book

A Gentleman of Pleasure not only spans Glassco's life but delves into his background as a member of a once prominent and powerful Montreal family. In addition to Glassco's readily available work, Brian Busby draws on pseudonymous writings published as a McGill student as well as unpublished and previously unknown poems, letters, and journal entries to detail a vibrant life while pulling back the curtain on Glassco's sexuality and unconventional tastes. In a lively account of a man given to deception, who took delight in hoaxes, Busby manages to substantiate many of the often unreliable statements Glassco made about his life and work. A Gentleman of Pleasure is a remarkable biography that captures the knowable truth about a fascinatingly complex and secretive man.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. One 1909–1928
  8. Two 1928–1931
  9. Three 1931–1938
  10. Four 1938–1947
  11. Five 1948–1957
  12. Six 1957–1961
  13. Seven 1961–1966
  14. Eight 1967–1969
  15. Nine 1970–1973
  16. Ten 1973–1981
  17. Coda
  18. Appendix: “Extract from an Autobiography”
  19. Acknowledgments
  20. Notes
  21. Bibliography
  22. Credits
  23. Index