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Dandy in the Underworld

Tim Fountain author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:17th May '11

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The story of one of Soho's most colourful characters, the painter and dandy Sebastian Horsley.

"This touching tribute persuades you that he was, quite possibly, wholly original. 4 stars" -Daily Telegraph "So this bio-drama newly turned theatrical epitaph, adapted from Horsley’s memoirs by Tim Fountain… valuably insists that its subject aspired to be more than celebrity’s whore." –Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph "Outrageously funny, clever and amusing" (Just like him)–Whatsonstage.com "As a painter and dandy, [Sebastian Horsley] is one of Soho’s most colourful characters and his cult autobiography has been artfully dramatised by playwright Tim Fountain." –Aleks Sierz, The Stage
"This touching tribute persuades you that he was, quite possibly, wholly original. 4 stars" -Daily Telegraph "So this bio-drama newly turned theatrical epitaph, adapted from Horsley’s memoirs by Tim Fountain… valuably insists that its subject aspired to be more than celebrity’s whore." –Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph "Outrageously funny, clever and amusing" (Just like him)–Whatsonstage.com "As a painter and dandy, [Sebastian Horsley] is one of Soho’s most colourful characters and his cult autobiography has been artfully dramatised by playwright Tim Fountain." –Aleks Sierz, The Stage

ISBN: 9781849431149

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56 pages