by Charles Sprawson (Author)
Haunts of the Black Masseur is a dazzling introduction to the great swimming heroes: Byron leaping into the surf at Shelley's beach funeral, Hart Crane, swallow-diving to his death in the Bay of Mexico, Ulysses, Leander, Weismuller and many more. In lively prose bursting with anecdote, Charles Sprawson leads us into a watery world populated by lithe demi-Gods - one that has obsessed humans from the ancient Greeks and Romans, to Yeats, Virginia Woolf, F. Scott Fitzgerald and David Hockney. Original, enticing and dripping with references to literature, film, art and Olympic history, this cult swimming classic pays sparkling tribute to water and the cultural meanings we attach to it.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 17 Jun 1993
ISBN 10: 0099223317
ISBN 13: 9780099223313
Book Overview: A cult swimming classic, laden with references to literature, art and Olympic history.