false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213971970m/1795197.jpg 1795197 4 <p> In the honorable tradition of the eccentric dandyism of Lord Byron, Oscar Wilde, and Quentin Crisp comes Sebastian Horsley's disarming memoir of sex, drugs, and Savile Row. </p> 1794224 book 1 3 2008 Dandy in the Underworld total:149|5:22|4:40|3:44|2:26|1:17| 149 471 298 60 5 7 false false Wed Mar 19 22:06:36 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 16:27:11 -0700 2008 flamboyant about (among other things) and mongering the whores. Moral turpitude. Moral turpitude. Knock knock. Who's there? Spitzer. Spi...more...]]> 4 4 false false Mon Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 08:21:51 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 00:05:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 2 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 12:18:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 15:33:35 -0700 2008
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my review, having finally read the book 7 months later:
The fi...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 23 12:38:17 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 12:51:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 13 false false Sun Jun 07 08:09:36 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 08:24:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 14:17:21 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 15:04:37 -0700 2009 with a voueuristic streak and a taste for the bizarre. This wild
man is in his various manifestations consummate dandy, writer,
alcoholic, druggie, thief, and whore chaser. He has packed about six lifetimes worth of action ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 29 08:23:11 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 06:26:38 -0700 2008
Now I have finished the book. Sebastian Horsley is a great wri...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 07:03:04 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 08:49:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 14:04:10 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 14:13:48 -0800 2008 The best memoir I've ever read.

"Writing a book is, of course, a form of failure." Sebastian Horsley.

Here's what some of the reviewers said, "Horsley is a pervert who stands for everything that i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri May 15 13:10:53 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 13:14:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 21:29:32 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 21:31:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 13:26:42 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 12:11:25 -0700 2008
He talked about how he remembered his mother from his childhood and he said that once she was getting ready to go out, putting on make up, fixing her hair, dressing. As sh...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 11:21:21 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 09:21:40 -0700 2009 If you combined "I Hope they Serve Beer in Hell" and "Are You there Vodka, it's Me, Chelsea" and then had that book smoke some crack, you may start to near the inanity of this tool of a book.
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