Author: Edmund White
This book is not for everyone. It has lots of explicit material on gay, straight and bisexual relationships with a couple of orgies thrown in for good measure. If you don't have a strong allergic reaction to this, and are still reading this review, then maybe, you should read the book as it is highly entertaining and you will be engrossed in the characters as they progress through several decades.
The book starts out with Jack Holmes graduating from the University of Michigan and arriving in New York City in the early sixties. He takes up his first job in a publishing house and meets Will Wright whom he instantly falls in love with. Edmund Wright has written some really elegant prose and you will enjoy the descriptions of the lifestyles of young rich kids that will make you long to travel back in time to New York in the sixties and seventies.
This is my first Edmund Wright book, but from the many reviews that I read, it has been acclaimed as his best book to date. Mr. Wright is both humorous and philosophical as he explores the lifestyle of gay men and tries to be objective in comparing and contrasting it with straight relationships. Mr. Wright has an excellent command of the English language and it is evident in his descriptions of sex between men and men, men and women and a few other combinations as well. He can describe a complex scene in just a couple of sentences and you will be amazed at the insight and image that it will evoke in your mind.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it.
This book is not for everyone. It has lots of explicit material on gay, straight and bisexual relationships with a couple of orgies thrown in for good measure. If you don't have a strong allergic reaction to this, and are still reading this review, then maybe, you should read the book as it is highly entertaining and you will be engrossed in the characters as they progress through several decades.
The book starts out with Jack Holmes graduating from the University of Michigan and arriving in New York City in the early sixties. He takes up his first job in a publishing house and meets Will Wright whom he instantly falls in love with. Edmund Wright has written some really elegant prose and you will enjoy the descriptions of the lifestyles of young rich kids that will make you long to travel back in time to New York in the sixties and seventies.
This is my first Edmund Wright book, but from the many reviews that I read, it has been acclaimed as his best book to date. Mr. Wright is both humorous and philosophical as he explores the lifestyle of gay men and tries to be objective in comparing and contrasting it with straight relationships. Mr. Wright has an excellent command of the English language and it is evident in his descriptions of sex between men and men, men and women and a few other combinations as well. He can describe a complex scene in just a couple of sentences and you will be amazed at the insight and image that it will evoke in your mind.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it.
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