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An intimate chronicle of Don Bachardy's extraordinary life as an acclaimed portrait artist and life partner to author Christopher Isherwood, featuring never-before-seen photographs and iconic artworks.

Drawing on one-on-one interviews conducted at the Santa Monica home the two men shared, the book documents their thirty-year relationship — from their meeting in the 1950s until Isherwood's death in 1986 — alongside Bachardy's celebrity portrait sittings and his friendships across Hollywood and the literary world, among them Bette Davis, Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote. A love story courageous and uncompromising for its time, and an artistic life marked by boundless bravery, curiosity and love.

• Publisher: Citadel
• 416 pages
• 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.4 inches
• Softcover 
• ISBN 9780806543796
• 2025