Edmund White

In the New York of the 1970s, in the wake of Stonewall and in the midst of economic collapse, you might find the likes of Jasper Johns and William Burroughs at the next cocktail party....

In Edmund White's most moving novel yet, an American living in Paris finds his life transformed by an unexpected love affair....

Combining glittering wit, an atmosphere dense in social paranoia, and a breathtaking elegance and precision of language, White's first novel suggests a hilarious apotheosis of the comedy of manners....

In French caracole means "prancing"; in English, "caper." Both words perfectly describe this high-spirited erotic adventure....

Moving from a Midwestern college to the Stonewall Tavern on the night of the first gay uprising - and populated by eloquent queens, butch poseurs, and a fearfully incompetent shrink....

Edmund White is one of our most celebrated novelists. He is also a brilliant journalist and cultural commentator on the arts....

This magisterial collection of 25 years of White's nonfiction writings includes dazzling subversive appreciations of cultural icons....

Originally published in 1982 as the first of Edmund White's trilogy of autobiographical novels, A Boy's Own Story became an instant classic for its pioneering portrayal of homosexuality....

The Farewell Symphony is a triumph of reflection and expressive elegance. It is also a stunning and wholly original panorama of gay life over the past thirty years....