Simon Doonan, fashion and camp mainstay and the former creative director at Barney's, has written a delightful successor to Susan Sontag's Notes on Camp. He details 100 different Camp and campy figures and ideas throughout his book, which are brought to life in beautiful illustrations by Kenzo Hamazaki. 

Throughout the book, Simon covers historical figures ranging from Attila the Hun all the way up to Lil Nas X. I really appreciated all of his essays and his experiences with so many of these Camp figures made it all the more personal and informative. 

My one complaint is that Simon's age shows a bit, and I hope that this is corrected in the final printing, but there are a handful of times where transsexual is used rather than transgender for a few different folks, and using the wrong pronouns for Sam Smith where the entire essay is otherwise devoted to celebrating their non-binary campiness. I also bristled at making fun of the Amber Heard/Johnny Depp trial, but given that this is more recent, I don't know how I'd feel for the similar jabs at some of the historic feuds that were covered. 

This would make a really beautiful coffee table book for casual perusal and any time you need a bit more Camp in your life. 

Thank you very much to NetGalley and White Lion Publishing for the advanced copy.