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Gentleman of Pleasure
Brian Busby
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Description for Gentleman of Pleasure
Hardback. The first biography of Canada's most enigmatic literary figure, a self-described "great practitioner of deceit." Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 794.
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Glassco's readily available work, Brian Busby draws on pseudonymous writings published as a McGill student as well as unpublished and previously unknown poems, letters, and journal entries to detail a vibrant life while pulling back the curtain on Glassco's sexuality and unconventional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 ... Read more
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Glassco's readily available work, Brian Busby draws on pseudonymous writings published as a McGill student as well as unpublished and previously unknown poems, letters, and journal entries to detail a vibrant life while pulling back the curtain on Glassco's sexuality and unconventional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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773538184
SKU
V9780773538184
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About Brian Busby
Brian Busby is an independent scholar and the author of several books, including Character Parts: Who's Really Who in CanLit.
Reviews for Gentleman of Pleasure
"Original and richly detailed, A Gentleman of Pleasure gives John Glassco the audience he deserves." Andrew Lesk, University of Toronto "Black-leather dandy, and elegant, martini-sipping beat, John Glassco was a one-man, literary underground. Impeccable in style and provocative in intent, his pornography is poetic, his poetry is arty, but all his writing has the precision and grace of bea "In ... Read more