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Groundbreaking literary icon Edmund White reflects on his remarkable life in New York in an era when the city was economically devastated but incandescent with art and ideas. White struggles to gain literary recognition, witnesses the rise of the gay rights movement, and has memorable encounters with luminaries from Elizabeth Bishop to William Burroughs, Susan Sontag to Jasper Johns. Recording his ambitions and desires, recalling lovers and literary heroes, White displays the wit, candor, and generosity that have defined his unique voice over the decades.

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• Full title: City Boy
• Subtitle: My Life in New York During the 1960s and '70s
• Author: Edmund White
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 297
• EAN: 9781608192342
• ISBN: 1608192342
• ID: 11125500
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Weight: 272 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 146 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. September 2010

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