A Boy's Own Story
Picador Classic
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
28 June 2016
Summary
With an introduction by Alan Hollinghurst.
“It was his power that stupefied me and made me regard my knowledge as nothing more than hired cleverness he might choose to show off at a dinner party.”
A Boy’s Own Story traces an unnamed narrator’s coming-of-age during the 1950s. Beset by aloof parents, a cruel sister, and relentless mocking from his peers, the boy struggles with his sexuality, seeking consolation in art and literature, and in his own fantastic imagination…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509813865 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1509813861 |
| Author: | Edmund White |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Edition: | Main Market Ed. |
| Release Date: | 28 June 2016 |
| Weight: | 192g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Picador Classic |
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Edmund White has crossed The Catcher in the Rye with De Profundis , J. D. Salinger with Oscar Wilde, to create an extraordinary novel
Edmund White has crossed The Catcher in the Rye with De Profundis, J. D. Salinger with Oscar Wilde, to create an extraordinary novel * New York Times *
The boy’s self-portrait shines with authenticity, he is an extraordinary but plausible mixture of sweetness and deviousness … White’s prose is marvellously sensual while his eye is sharply satiric … outstanding * Guardian *
About The Author
Edmund White
Edmund White, born in 1940, is an American novelist, short-story writer and critic. He has received many awards and distinctions; among these, he is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He now teaches at Princeton University.
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