The Tangier Diaries (The I.B.Tauris Literary Guides for Travelers) - Softcover

Hopkins, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780768451 ISBN 13: 9781780768458

Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2015

Synopsis

“Tangier, the white city poised atop the dark continent which turns out to be the continent of light.”

Tangier in the ‘60s and ‘70s was a fabled place. This edge city, the “Interzone,” became muse and escapist’s dream for artists, writers, millionaires and socialites, who wrote, painted, partied and experienced life with an intensity and freedom that they never could back home. Into this louche and cosmopolitan world came John Hopkins, a young writer who instantly became a part of the bohemian Tangier crowd with its core of Beats that included William Burroughs, Paul and Jane Bowles and Brion Gysin, as well as Tennessee Williams, Jean Genet, Yves Saint Laurent, Barbara Hutton and Malcolm Forbes. Those intoxicating decades–Tangier’s ‘Golden Years’–are long gone. Grand old houses that once sparkled with life are shuttered and dark and most of the eccentrics who once lived and loved in the city have died. But here, in the pages of Hopkins’ cult classic, all the decadence and flamboyance of those days is brought to life once more.

About this title

Book Description:

Hopkins' incredible details of 1960s and 70s north African life, the legendary writers, royalty, and public figures who were part of the Tangier Beat and postmodern scene, and more are all chronicled here.

About the Author:

John Hopkins is a writer who, after graduating from Princeton, lived for many years in Tangier and was a central figure in the bohemian literary crowd of the '60s and '70s.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1780768451
• ISBN 13: 9781780768458
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256