A Boy's Own Story by Edmund White
$12.00
Condition Cover and spine show rubbing, light creasing and wear at the edges and corners Read full condition
Cover and spine show rubbing, light creasing and wear at the edges and corners. Cream areas of the cover are discoloured, and the pages are age-toned.
The book pictured is the copy you’ll receive.
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About this book
An unnamed boy grows up in 1950s America, negotiating family tensions, schoolboy cruelty and his attraction to other boys. Books, art and an active imagination offer refuge as he tries to understand himself and the adult world. The first novel in Edmund White's autobiographical trilogy combines a candid account of adolescence with sharp observation and lyrical prose.
- Author: Edmund White
- Publisher: Picador
- Year: 1983
- Edition / printing: Picador edition first published 1983 by Pan Books. Copyright page carries the impression number 9; the year of this later impression is not stated.
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0330281518
- ISBN-13: 9780330281515
Condition: Cover and spine show rubbing, light creasing and wear at the edges and corners. Cream areas of the cover are discoloured, and the pages are age-toned.
Book details
- Title
- A Boy's Own Story
- Authors
- Edmund White
- Publisher
- Picador
- Published
- 1983
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Paperback
- Edition
- Picador edition first published 1983 by Pan Books. Copyright page carries the impression number 9; the year of this later impression is not stated.
- Subjects
- FICTION, VINTAGE BOOKS, LITERARY FICTION, LGBTQ FICTION, COMING OF AGE, AMERICAN LITERATURE, PICADOR
- ISBN-13
- 9780330281515
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