![]() ![]() ![]() Like the best books, and the best sources for inspiration, Serious Pleasures illuminates a path unique to the reader's imagination pointing the way to what to do next. Stephen's love of beauty, from nearly beyond-comprehension extravagance to the fundamentally zen, is awe-inspiring. ![]() Even though the story is fairly straightforward (gay heir fails to amount to much by conventional standards, while consistently mesmerizing every person he comes into contact with), it's impossible to do it justice with such short shrift. It's fascinating and gripping, in the sense that there are some people who seem to exist wholly on a separate plain. ![]() I had to order it, and can now say that it's the most wonderful book that I've ever read. This person's fur-lined trenchcoat, Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry, and recent private tour of Sissinghurst made me feel as though we may have similar tastes. Not long ago, someone insisted that I read Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant (a biography of the oft-described Brightest of the Bright Young Things by Philip Hoare). ![]()
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