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Product details
- ISBN 9780008760304
- Weight: 270g
- Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 05 Nov 2026
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
A new reissue of Philip Hoare's singular biography of Stephen Tennant.
‘Witty and amazing … both scholarly and hilarious at the same time’ John Waters, New York Times
Philip Hoare’s fascinating profile of Britain’s most legendary and flamboyant aristocratic aesthete. With unparalleled insight into Tennant’s bizarre and outrageously eccentric life, Hoare presents a superb biography that reflects an age of intellect, indolence, narcissism and pure style.
Philip Hoare is the author of ten works of non-fiction. His Leviathan won the Philip Hoare is the author of ten books, including Leviathan, or the Whale, winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. He lives on the south coast of England and swims every day in the sea.
