Lacey, Catherine
Biography of X
- ISBN 13:
- 9781783789290
- author:
- Lacey, Catherine
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Granta Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 416
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.8 x 2.6 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, LGBT, Lesbian,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
When Catherine Lacey's biography of her late wife X is finally published, it promises to be a story of love, art and deception. X was an enigmatic figure, known for her creative genius but also for keeping her life story tightly under wraps. Her widow sets out to write the truth about her life, but in doing so uncovers secrets, betrayals and destruction that threaten to upend everything she thought she knew. As Lacey delves into the history of the Southern Territory, a complex and troubled region that has been forced back together after years of division, she begins to piece together X's peripatetic trajectory over decades. From Europe to America, X's collaborations and feuds with artists like David Bowie and Tom Waits, as well as writers like Susan Sontag and Kathy Acker, are revealed in all their complexity. A masterfully constructed literary adventure, Biography of X is a pulsing epic that plumbs the depths of grief, art and love. With original images assembled by Lacey herself, this book introduces an unforgettable character who shows us the fallibility of the stories we craft for ourselves.
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