false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180314472m/1025100.jpg 1025100 13 An instant classic upon its original publication, <i>A Boy's Own Story</i> is the first of <i>Edmund White's</i> highly acclaimed trilogy of autobiographical novels that brilliantly evoke a young man's coming of age and document American gay life through the last forty years. The nameless narrator in this deeply affecting work reminisces about growing up in the 1950s with emotionally aloof, divorced parents, an unrelenting sister, and the schoolmates who taunt him. He finds consolation in literature and his fantastic imagination. Eager to cultivate intimate, enduring friendships, he becomes aware of his yearning to be loved by men, and struggles with the guilt and shame of accepting who he is. Written with lyrical delicacy and extraordinary power, <i>A Boy's Own Story</i> is a triumph. 1272771 book 1981 A Boy's Own Story total:409|5:84|4:139|3:136|2:43|1:7| 409 1477 664 48 4 2 false false Mon Jul 23 02:45:29 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 00:59:30 -0700 2007 4 2 false false Tue Sep 04 10:55:57 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 11:04:33 -0700 2007 3 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 13:19:03 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 13:26:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Nov 15 08:17:46 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 15 09:12:36 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 10:18:05 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 19:38:25 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 07 12:15:34 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 12:24:28 -0800 2009
However it was quite possible one of the single most self indulgent novels I've ever read.

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