A review by orestesfasting
A Boy's Own Story by Edmund White

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Perhaps there is more to be said for this book being one of the first coming out novels, but I’ve read enough similar that it really hasn’t left much of a trace in my memory. Allegedly iconic in the UK, I can’t help but feel that Vidal’s The City and the Pillar does the same a million times better. There is no real sense of pathos, just that this is a homosexual novel, which isn’t enough when there are now so many.