20th century boy

"New York City painter Duncan Hannah's TWENTIETH CENTURY BOY: NOTEBOOKS FROM THE SEVENTIES, an account of his life amid the city's glamorous demimondes in their most vital era as an aspiring artist, roaring boy, dandy, cultural omnivore and far-from-obscure object of desire"—

Audience
adult
Length
long · 476 pages

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