Synopsis
A Boy's Own Story traces an unnamed narrator's coming-of-age during the 1950s.
It was his power that stupefied me and made me regard my knowledge as nothing more than hired cleverness he might choose to show off at a dinner party.
Beset by aloof parents, a cruel sister, and relentless mocking from his peers, the unamed narrator struggles with his sexuality, seeking...
Details
22 January 2026256 pages
9781035091300Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Edmund White has crossed The Catcher in the Rye with De Profundis, J. D. Salinger with Oscar Wilde, to create an extraordinary novelNew York Times
The boy's self-portrait shines with authenticity, he is an extraordinary but plausible mixture of sweetness and deviousness . . . White's prose is marvellously sensual while his eye is sharply satiric . . . outstandingGuardian
Every so often a novel comes along that is so ambitious in its intention and so confident of its voice that it reminds us what a singular and potent thing a novel can beSan Francisco Chronicle
