Derek Jarman tells the story of his discovery that he is HIV+ and, in a series of flashbacks, looks at his life - his difficult relationship with his father, his discovery of his homosexuality and the dramatic exposure of his first homosexual relationship, his university days and his coming out at art school in the company of contemporaries such as David Hockney and Patrick Proctor. He goes on to describe his early work as a stage designer , his affair with Robert Mapplethorpe and his early encouragement of David Lynch. The cast list also includes Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol, Kenneth Anger, Boy George and Julian Clarey.
- ISBN10 0712621849
- ISBN13 9780712621847
- Publish Date 8 August 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 August 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Cornerstone
- Imprint Century
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 314
- Language English