Pity the monsters
Richard Altick, 18 December 1980
The Elephant Man: the Book of the Film
by Joy Kuhn.
Virgin, 90 pp., £6.95, October 1980,9780907080091 Show More
by Joy Kuhn.
Virgin, 90 pp., £6.95, October 1980,
The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences
by Frederick Treves.
Star, 126 pp., £95, August 1980,0 352 30747 1 Show More
by Frederick Treves.
Star, 126 pp., £95, August 1980,
The Elephant Man and Other Freaks
by Sian Richards.
Futura, 197 pp., £1.25, October 1980,0 7088 1927 3 Show More
by Sian Richards.
Futura, 197 pp., £1.25, October 1980,
The True History of the Elephant Man
by Michael Howell and Peter Ford.
Allison and Busby, 190 pp., £6.95, March 1980,0 85031 353 8 Show More
by Michael Howell and Peter Ford.
Allison and Busby, 190 pp., £6.95, March 1980,
“... Now it figures prominently in the printed spin-offs and tie-ins inspired by the success of Bernard Pomerance’s play and the film starring John Hurt encased in a make-up construction that seems destined to be a classic in its own line of art. Once again the showmen and the hucksters, independently or in collaboration, have been true to the long ... ”
