An edition of Head to Toe & Up Against It (1971)

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An edition of Head to Toe & Up Against It (1971)

Head to Toe & Up Against It

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Here, together for the first time in one volume, are Joe Orton's earliest and last published works. Head to Toe is the saga of Gombold, who strays onto the head of a creature some hundred miles high and begins making his way through the giant's nether regions and on toward his toes. En route, he falls into the clutches of a dominating and gender-bending policewoman; finds himself in an assassination squad whose target is the prime minister; and finally enlists in an apocalyptic war between the Left and Right Buttocks. Up Against It is a screenplay commissioned by the Beatles in 1967, in which, as Orton described it, "The boys have been caught in flagrante, become involved in dubious political activity, dressed as women, committed murder, been put in prison, and committed adultery." The two works, which mirror each other in many ways, combine elements of satire, eroticism, and nightmare with Orton's characteristic glee

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Cover of: Head to Toe & Up Against It
Head to Toe & Up Against It
2001, Methuen Paperbacks Ltd
Cover of: Head to Toe & Up Against It
Head to Toe & Up Against It
1998, Da Capo Press
in English - 1st Da Capo Press ed.
Cover of: Head to toe
Head to toe
1986, St. Martin's Press
in English - 1st U.S. ed.
Cover of: Head to toe
Head to toe
1971, Blond
in English

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Library of Congress
PR6065.R7

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Open Library
OL7479599M
Internet Archive
headtotoe00orto
ISBN 10
0413414604
ISBN 13
9780413414601
OCLC/WorldCat
13064201
Library Thing
137592
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2148968

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