pagesforages's review
dark
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pedophilia
Minor: Sexual content, Death, and Toxic relationship
Spoiler
Orton describes children as sexy or attractive and expresses a want to rapetricky's review
5.0
Read this book ages ago and I am currently re-reading it. I like reading journals and this is a cracker, the descriptions of people, places is wonderful.
Joe Orton led a life that was interesting and what seems completely over the top. I could relate to the theatre parts of the book and the characters, the look into Orton's family life I found fascinating but what I found missing in the early sections was his interaction with his lover, Kenneth Halliwell. It is telling that see only the rarest of glimpses of how these two men shared their lives.
2014 - I have read the diaries again. I am still in awe of the candour of the writing. This time I have seen the more destructive side of Orton and Halliwell and that certainly gives a great deal of pause and thought.
Joe Orton led a life that was interesting and what seems completely over the top. I could relate to the theatre parts of the book and the characters, the look into Orton's family life I found fascinating but what I found missing in the early sections was his interaction with his lover, Kenneth Halliwell. It is telling that see only the rarest of glimpses of how these two men shared their lives.
2014 - I have read the diaries again. I am still in awe of the candour of the writing. This time I have seen the more destructive side of Orton and Halliwell and that certainly gives a great deal of pause and thought.
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