1
/
of
4
Northam Secondhand
Out in the Open: An Autobiography by Dutton, Geoffrey
Out in the Open: An Autobiography by Dutton, Geoffrey
Regular price
$36.00 AUD
Regular price
Sale price
$36.00 AUD
Unit price
/
per
Taxes included.
Couldn't load pickup availability
Language: English
Book Title: Out in the Open: An Autobiography
Author: Dutton, Geoffrey
"I was born in a house of books."So begins this long-awaited autobiography, in which Geoffrey Dutton embarks on an honest, controversial and brilliantly entertaining journey through seventy crowded years.
His unusual childhood was dominated by the lavish lives of his wealthy parents who collected houses as well as books, although young Geoffrey was despatched to boarding school at a young age while his mother travelled abroad to enjoy a flirtation with the European aristocracy.
His real education came later, in wartime. He joined the air force, and as well as embarking on various amorous adventures, his risky low flying antics had him promptly locked up in the "boob".
During the war he also began publishing poetry and was closely associated with the modernist movement in art and literature. Later he studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, where C.S. Lewis was one of his tutors.
Since then Geoffrey Dutton has become renowned as a poet, critic, biographer,
Share
