Not Simply Divine

by Bernard Jay

Overview

Divine's former personal manager takes readers through a labyrinth of American subcultures, countercultures, and glimmering nightlife to tell this no-holds-barred story of a man who did anything to become a star

Another breathtaking work from Simon & Schuster, Not Simply Divine is he biography that tells all, exploring the subcultures of America—experimental movies, gay theater, glittering nightlife, base debauchery—the world of Divine, the cross-dressing cult hero whose sudden death came on the eve of his greatest stardom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780671884673
Publisher:	Touchstone
Publication date:	08/10/1994
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Bernard Jay is the author of Not Simply Divine, a Simon & Schuster book.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgements	vii
	Introduction	ix
1	Tragic Timing	1
2	No One's Christened 'Divine'	13
3	A Question of Taste	23
4	Comic Timing	37
5	But Who Will Provide the Pay Cheque?	48
6	Divine Does Discos	62
7	Fuck You Very Much!	76
8	Briefly Not the Bitch	86
9	The First Lady of Filth	101
10	Divine the Disco Diva	114
11	Spend ... Spend ... Spend	126
12	Welcome Home, Baby Glenn	140
13	Controversial ... and Banned!	154
14	Divi Goes Legit	170
15	Bored, Depressed and Lonely	186
16	Bi-talented and Bi-coastal	201
17	A Household Name	212
	Postscript	224