Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Morris West
Born: April 26, 1916
Died: October 9, 1999 (aged 83)
Bio: Morris Langlo West was an Australian novelist and playwright, best known for his novels The Devil's Advocate, The Shoes of the Fisherman and The Clowns of God.
Known for:
- The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963)
- The Devil's Advocate (1959)
- The Clowns of God (1981)
- The Tower of Babel (1968)
- The World is Made of Glass: A Novel (1983)