A Gentleman of Pleasure: One Life of John Glassco, Poet, Memoirist, Translator, and Pornographer

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Title
A Gentleman of Pleasure: One Life of John Glassco, Poet, Memoirist, Translator, and Pornographer
Abstract
A biography of Montreal writer John Glassco (1909-1981). Glassco is best known for his Memoirs of Montparnasse, the controversial chronicle of his youthful adventures and encounters with celebrities in the Paris of James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, and Ernest Hemingway. The author also delves into Glassco's background as a member of a once prominent and powerful Montreal family.
Place
Montreal and Kingston
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Date
2011
Language
en
Citation
Busby, Brian. A Gentleman of Pleasure: One Life of John Glassco, Poet, Memoirist, Translator, and Pornographer. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2011.
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