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Literary icon Edmund White made his name through his writing but remembers his life through the books he has read. For White, each momentous occasion came

Our Young Man follows the life of a gorgeous Frenchman, Guy, as he goes from the industrial city of Clermont-Ferrand to the top of the modeling profession

White is an acclaimed novelist, essayist, biographer of Genet and Proust, and a self-described “archaeologist of gossip.” In his third memoir, he recounts

Sacred Monsters (November 2011) More than 20 essays—none previously published in book form—by the National Book Critics Circle finalist and author John

Jack Holmes & His Friend (January 2012) Jack Holmes is in love. Sadly for him, his feelings are not returned, at least not in the way he would like them to be.

Rimbaud was a childhood hero of mine, and it was interesting to revisit him for this short biography. I found him less heroic as a person and maybe even

In a short note tucked away at the back of the book, White modestly categorises this marvellously compelling and moving story as “

When a respected older man clings to the values and mores of the liberated 1970s, when he pursues sex relentlessly and his reputation suffers, Chaos ensues.

Best-selling novelist, memoirist, and biographer Edmund White displays his sharp wit and boundless erudition in 37 portraits of the writers, artists, and

Gay lives today, at least in most western democracies, have lost their heroic dimension. Bravery and originality are less evident in a culture of general

Best-selling novelist, memoirist, and biographer Edmund White displays his sharp wit and boundless erudition in 37 portraits of the writers, artists, and

Edmund White, the award-winning biographer of French writer/playwright Jean Genet, acclaimed novelist, and cultural critic, undertakes a masterful, yet