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Forrest Bess : key to the riddle / by Chuck Smith

This account details the life of visionary painter Forrest Bess, who lived at an isolated Texas bait camp. It explores his symbolic artworks alongside his theories on hermaphrodism and immortality, which eventually led to self-surgery and institutionalisation.
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