The basis of the book was a series of recordings made by the author well before Perry's Turner Prize, but it was this event that presumably made it publishable. Which is undoubtedly 'a good thing' as the account of his childhood and youth, his struggles with difficult family dynamics, his transvestism and emerging sexuality as well as his complex and rich imaginative world make for a very readable and honest account of his formative years.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 92 Spring 2019 ) |
