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<p>The performance artist Stephen Varble in Soho, New York, in 1978 </p>

Fernanda Eberstadt’s new book is a masterclass in outrageous living

Part memoir, part challenge to the stigma of indifference, the author’s latest work ‘Bite Your Friends’ is a thrilling look at saints, thinkers and outcasts existing in an intolerant society, writes Robert McCrum

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