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I listened to an Audible version of this book and found it charming. It takes skill to describe a child realising that he was homosexual and in this book it was beautifully rendered. White seemed to blur the lines between memoir and fiction, making the story more generalised than one boy's story and yet the details about what was going through the mind of such a precocious young man are artful and amazing. I look forward to reading more from this intriguing writer.
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A story of sexual awakening that felt like Ravel's Bolero, a continuous crescendo to fortissimo. The beginning evoked Hemingway's Indian Camp, father and son, on the lake at night. Quite a buffet of offbeat, and often humorous characters are served up. Looking forward to #2, The Beautiful Room is Empty.
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Books detailing homosexual intimacy are not for me.
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