"The Plaster Fabric" 1957 GOFF, Martyn Jean Cocteau

"The Plaster Fabric" 1957 GOFF, Martyn Jean CocteauGOFF, Martyn [255] pp. Putnam1957 Jacket design by John Minton8" x 5 1 2" VG VG When Martyn Goffs daring first novel, The Plaster Fabric, appeared in 1957, homosexuality was illegal in Great Britain and both Goff and his publisher risked prosecution for the books frank treatment of gay themes. Laurence Laurie Kingston, a former Royal Air Force pilot now working as a bookseller and artist, is a man with a secret. Born gay, Laurie has spun a web of lies

The turn is almost a right angle and it is not uncommon for jockeys to be unseated as they lose their balance

Such an illustrious birth made her proud of her origins and aware of the high destiny that awaited her

delicious cocktail recipes

9 1/2" x 9"

From Man Ray and Baron de Meyer to Louise Dahl-Wolfe and Toni Frissell

The Club also kept a pack of English fox hounds

won wide acclaim in America and soon appeared in this edition in Britain and then in Denmark (as Syv fantastiske fortællinger)

Sz: 18" x 18-1/4"

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To finance his art schooling

it was not published in the United States

Measures 34