Billy's Boy
Patricia Nell Warren's Billy's Boy (1924) is a gay fiction and sapphic fiction novel. Readers will find themes of Gay, coming of age, lesbian mothers and teenage boys.
9 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 5 editions.
It runs to roughly 323 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.
Opening line
“The USS Memo was special, because they built her out of the rarest, safest metal in the universe.”
Awards & lists
- ✦Lambda Literary Awards 1998 — Lambda Literary Editor's Choice Award (nominee)
Quick answers
Who wrote Billy's Boy?
Billy's Boy was written by Patricia Nell Warren and first published in 1924.
What genre is Billy's Boy?
It is usually shelved as Gay Fiction and Lesbian & Sapphic Fiction.
How long is Billy's Boy?
The median edition has 323 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Billy's Boy?
Readers who like it often enjoy Tales of the City, More Tales of the City and Mrs. Stevens hears the mermaids singing.
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