Edinburgh, by Alexander Chee

I can't believe I haven't previously listed this prize-winning book, since I read it years ago shortly after its release in 2001, and have never forgotten it, especially that its prose was gorgeous. Edinburgh is a coming-of-age story about a Korean American twelve-year-old in Maine who is immersed in the culture of a boys' choral group that has a pedophile teacher. Homosexuality, music, art and