Original Youth: The Real Story of Edmund White's Boyhood

by Keith Fleming

Book Overview

Edmund White's boyhood remains of enduring interest far beyond the bounds of the individual and the icon. As an intense playing out of the many themes of gay youth it is almost unparalleled. Forced from the age of three to be the best friend and 'advisor' of his unhinged, divorced mother; fearful of his imperious father yet also sexually attracted to him, White evolved into a teenager who was at once a Buddhist, a cruiser of hustlers and married men,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931160449
• ISBN13: 9781931160445
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Green Candy Press
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"