Boy Culture is a 1995 novel by Matthew Rettenmund. It centers on a call boy in the city of Chicago, Illinois and his two roommates. The protagonist goes by X throughout the book in order to maintain his anonymity. In 2006, it was adapted into a movie by filmmaker Q. Allan Brocka, starring Patrick Bauchau, Darryl Stephens, Emily Stiles, and newcomer Derek Magyar as "X". Award Nominated writers Craig Hepworth and Adele Stanhope are adapting the novel to the stage, Boy Culture the play will open August 2012 in Manchester, UK and will be produced by Vertigo Theatre Productions. Characters Main characters X is a male prostitute, and has been ever since he was young Andrew is X's love interest and one of his two roommates Joe, X's other roommate is a "seventeen-and-a-half" year old twink, who has a crush on X 1995 American novels 1990s LGBT novels American LGBT novels Novels set in Chicago American novels adapted into films Novels about American prostitution