“The White Paper” 1958 ANONYMOUS [Jean Cocteau]

ANONYMOUS

[88] pp.

The Macaulay Company

1958

With a preface and illustrations by Jean Cocteau

7 /4″ x 4 3/4″

VG/ VG

Technically this book is by “Anonymous,” with only the preface and illustrations by Jean Cocteau, but in the preface, he confesses the truth of its authorship. And yet, because homosexuality was taboo in the United States and illegal in Great Britain in 1958, he opts against having his name above the title. It is the story of a young man whose strong attraction to members of the same sex leads him into a public bath house.

“One’s salvation cannot possibly be achieved in Paris; the soul is too distracted.”

–Jean Cocteau