Dreaming to Some Purpose
by Colin Wilson
Colin Wilson wrote his bestseller, The Outsider, when he was 24, and was immediately famous. Here he describes his catapult to fame, his associations with leading intellectuals of his day and his lifelong interest in consciousness and the paranormal.
RELEASED2005
PUBLISHERArrow
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Colin Henry Wilson was a British author who had written works on philosophy, true crime, and mysticism, as well as novels. He was born and raised in Leicester, England, the son of a factory worker. He attended school until he was 16, at which point he quit to work in a wool warehouse. He worked other odd jobs, including as a lab assistant and a civil servant, until he was called up to work as a clerk for the Royal Air Force. He worked there for six months until claiming that he was a homosexual in order to be dismissed. In 1956, his first book, *The Outsider*, was published.
Dreaming to Some Purpose
by Colin Wilson
Colin Wilson wrote his bestseller, The Outsider, when he was 24, and was immediately famous. Here he describes his catapult to fame, his associations with leading intellectuals of his day and his lifelong interest in consciousness and the paranormal.
RELEASED2005
PUBLISHERArrow
LANGUAGEEN
Colin Henry Wilson was a British author who had written works on philosophy, true crime, and mysticism, as well as novels. He was born and raised in Leicester, England, the son of a factory worker. He attended school until he was 16, at which point he quit to work in a wool warehouse. He worked other odd jobs, including as a lab assistant and a civil servant, until he was called up to work as a clerk for the Royal Air Force. He worked there for six months until claiming that he was a homosexual in order to be dismissed. In 1956, his first book, *The Outsider*, was published.
