Mapplethorpe: Assault With a Deadly Camera

Set against the backdrop of radical gay life in the 1970s and 1980s, this new memoir offers an affectionate portrait of the controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, written by his ex-lover, Jack Fritscher. This book looks at the many changes Mapplethorpe's personality underwent, from his beginnings as a clerk with his close friend Patti Smith, to his position as an international society figure renowned for his celebrity portraits.