Sawyer-Lauçanno, Christopher, 1951-

An invisible spectator : a biography of Paul Bowles / Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno. - 1st ed. - New York : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, c1989. - xv, 501 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

This biography of self-exiled composer/novelist Paul Bowles explores his tormented childhod, his marriage to novelist Jane Bowles, and his acknowledged role as the spiritual father of the Beat movement and the eminence grise of the American expatriate community in Tangiers

Bibliography: p. 423-429.

1555841163 (alk. paper) : $24.95

88037861


Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999.


Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
Composers--United States--Biography.
Americans--Morocco--Biography.


Morocco--Intellectual life--20th century.
Morocco--Social life and customs.

PS3552.O874 / Z89 1989

813.54