by Edmund White
Well.. I had high expectations but it was only ok. I wasn't eager to finish this book and I finished it only because I don't like to flounce.
I had low expectations of this book. It has the word 'beautiful' in the title and that's never a good sign. Oh oh, I think. Alan Hollinghurst again. Two hours of tooth gritting boredom while my inner PC policeperson tells me I'm only hating this because of all the gay sex.Happily, Edmund White isn't...
White’s follow-up to A Boy's Own Story is an admirable effort. The language is still extraordinary. The various episodes recounted in the author’s life are certainly free from sentiment – if anything, the author leans towards self-evisceration and distance. Perhaps this absence of nostalgia is what ...
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