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Sep 5, 2005 · No one has been more frank, lucid, rueful and entertaining about growing up gay in Middle America than Edmund White. Best known for his autobiographical novels, starting with A Boy's Own Story, White here takes fiction out of his story and delivers the facts of his life in all their shocking and absorbing verity.
Apr 11, 2006 · The book turns on the illuminating paradox of homosexuality being a struggle, a source, at different times of his life, of 'terrible pain', as well as the most irresistible natural compulsion ... No other writer of White's eminence has described his sexual life with such purposeful clarity.
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Apr 1, 2006 · The prolific novelist, memoirist and biographer (The Married Man, 2000, etc.) journeys through a lifetime of family, friends, lovers, work and play—at home and abroad.
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The best chapters in the book are ‘My Hustlers’ – ‘the excitement of ordering up an unknown guy on the phone’ – and ‘My Master’, which is about White’s thrilling sado-masochistic relationship with a young actor.
Apr 9, 2006 · In fact, quite a few aspects of White's life and career seem more significant than the reminiscences and character sketches he includes in "My Lives": the French lover whose death in the...
Apr 3, 2007 · My Lives: A Memoir (P.S.) Paperback – Illustrated, April 3, 2007. by Edmund White (Author) 7. See all formats and editions. No one has been more frank, lucid, and entertaining about growing up gay in Middle America than Edmund White.
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May 11, 2022 · No one has been more frank, lucid, and entertaining about growing up gay in Middle America than Edmund White. Best known for his autobiographical novels, starting with A Boy's Own Story, White here takes fiction out of his story and delivers the facts of his life in all their shocking and absorbing verity.
