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Gay Fiction

A Boy's Own Story

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  • 1982 first published
  • 218 pages
  • 25 editions
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A Boy's Own Story is a 1982 gay fiction novel by Edmund White. It takes readers to New York and Christopher Street in 1954–1969. It deals with coming of age, gay youth, teenage boys and gay men.

73 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 25 editions.

It runs to roughly 218 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace.

About A Boy's Own Story

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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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Era

  • 1954–1969

Subjects

  • Coming of age
  • Gay lgbtq+
  • Gay youth
  • Teenage boys
  • Gay men
  • Gay biography
  • Literature of special Gay interest
  • Modern fiction
  • LGBTQ novels
  • Gay
  • Jeunes homosexuels
  • Romans, nouvelles
  • Garçons adolescents

Quick answers

Who wrote A Boy's Own Story?

A Boy's Own Story was written by Edmund White and first published in 1982.

What genre is A Boy's Own Story?

It is usually shelved as Gay Fiction.

How long is A Boy's Own Story?

The median edition has 218 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to A Boy's Own Story?

Readers who like it often enjoy Faggots, The Lord Won't Mind and Just Above My Head.

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