Tom Driberg: His Life And Indiscretions
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed with inscription
Condition remarks: Minor nick/tear on title page. Binding - cracked.
This richly detailed political biography chronicles the extraordinary and scandalous life of Tom Driberg, one of the most contradictory figures in twentieth-century British public life — a devout High Anglican, committed socialist, Fleet Street gossip columnist, and compulsive sexual adventurer. Francis Wheen's Tom Driberg: His Life and Indiscretions presents a portrait of a man who moved effortlessly between the corridors of Westminster power and the shadowy world of public lavatories, all while maintaining friendships with figures as disparate as Evelyn Waugh and Mick Jagger. Written with wit, candor, and a sharp eye for the absurd, Wheen illustrates how Driberg's reckless private life — including his homosexual encounters at a time when they were illegal — existed in barely concealed tension with his very public roles as an MP and chairman of the Labour Party. The biography also uncovers Driberg's murky connections to both MI5 and the KGB, adding a layer of genuine espionage intrigue to an already astonishing life story. The result is a compulsively readable account of a man who embodied the hypocrisies and hidden depths of the British establishment like few others.
Author: Francis Wheen
Format: Hardback
Published: 1990, Chatto & Windus
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed with inscription
Condition remarks: Minor nick/tear on title page. Binding - cracked.
This richly detailed political biography chronicles the extraordinary and scandalous life of Tom Driberg, one of the most contradictory figures in twentieth-century British public life — a devout High Anglican, committed socialist, Fleet Street gossip columnist, and compulsive sexual adventurer. Francis Wheen's Tom Driberg: His Life and Indiscretions presents a portrait of a man who moved effortlessly between the corridors of Westminster power and the shadowy world of public lavatories, all while maintaining friendships with figures as disparate as Evelyn Waugh and Mick Jagger. Written with wit, candor, and a sharp eye for the absurd, Wheen illustrates how Driberg's reckless private life — including his homosexual encounters at a time when they were illegal — existed in barely concealed tension with his very public roles as an MP and chairman of the Labour Party. The biography also uncovers Driberg's murky connections to both MI5 and the KGB, adding a layer of genuine espionage intrigue to an already astonishing life story. The result is a compulsively readable account of a man who embodied the hypocrisies and hidden depths of the British establishment like few others.