| Title | : | Bizarrism |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Chris Mikul & Glenn Smith |
| Release | : | 2016-09-30 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Biographies & Memoirs, Books |
| Size | : | 11151948 |
| Bizarrism is a collection of strange-but-true tales, featuring a grand parade of eccentrics, visionaries, crackpots, cult leaders, artists, theorists and outsiders of every stripe. First published in 1999, this new, fully revised and expanded edition revisits a host of unique individuals, including: Â William Chidley, who believed that, when it comes to sex, we've all been making a terrible mistake; Arthur Cravan, who combined poetry with boxing; Slim Gaillard, jazz singer and dispenser of "vout"; William Lindsay Gresham, author of the classic noir novel Nightmare Alley; Rosaleen Norton, Australia's most notorious witch; Harry Crosby, poet, sun worshipper and the best looking corpse of 1929; Reginal Levgiac, author of the mysterious pamphlet Drugs Virus Germs. Â In writing their stories, Mikul does not judge, but instead celebrates these characters for their fabulous weirdness. For him, they are the "beacons of shining if erratic brilliance in a world of sensible conformity". The world would be a poorer place without them. |
