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Title: Indulgent self-absorbent self-indulgence
Review: This "autobiographical" book by Edmund White ultimately does nothing but reinforce negative gay stereotypes - that youth, beauty, being thin and well-endowed are all that counts. Any common decency is seen as heterosexual, and in the process denounced. I read the book and feel ashamed that as a gay man this is a community that reflects me. This book was immoral in that no authorial comment addresses these prejudices.If multiple screws, infedilities, drug taking, and little interpersonal attraction forms your life, then you'll enjoy this book. I finished the book, relieved that most of the characters had died - it was just a pity that they couldn't have taken the AIDS scourge to its death bed as well. This book sets back gay liberation and AIDS awareness by decades.In short, self absorbant twaddle.On second thoughts, I'd rather be a gay woman ... that's much more appealing.
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