From the rear cover
A child of the 1950s from a small New England town, "perfect Paul" earns straight A's and shines in social and literary pursuits, all the while keeping a secret--from himself and the rest of the world. Struggling to be, or at least to imitate, a straight man, through Ivy League halls of privilege and bohemian travels abroad, loveless intimacy and unrequited passion, Paul Monette was haunted, and finally saved, by a dream of "the thing I'd never even seen: two men in love and laughing."
Searingly honest, witty, and humane, Becoming a Man is the definitive coming-out story in the classic coming-of-age genre.
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- Title Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story
- Author Paul Monette
- Series Perennial Classics
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Perennial Classi
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
- Date 2004-05-25
- ISBN 9780060595647 / 0060595647
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.07 x 5.31 x 0.75 in (20.50 x 13.49 x 1.91 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Gay
- Topical: Lgbt
- Library of Congress subjects Gay men - United States, Coming out (Sexual orientation)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004044590
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
Citations
- Ebony, 12/01/2009, Page 52
- Entertainment Weekly, 03/06/2015, Page 72
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