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Book · 1982

A Boy's Own Story

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Coming of age Autobiographical intimacy Queer historical immersion Sexual awakening Identity formation Memory forward narration

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Release
1982

Synopsis

Edmund White is a patriarch of gay American literature. *A Boy's Own Story* is the first of his trio of autobiographical novels (followed by *The Beautiful Room Is Empty* and *The Farewell Symphony*). It begins with experiments and realizations of adolescence and proceeds through his firsthand account of the Stonewall uprising.

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