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,
“... appendicitis on which depended the life of the man who was about to become King of England, but Edward and Alexandra had long been patrons of the London Hospital and this up-and-coming doctor would have come to their notice without the Elephant Man. If he continued to build up a lucrative Wimpole Street practice, it was because he was a notably skilled ... ”