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Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story

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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.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

Release: May 25, 2004

ISBN: 0060595647

ISBN 13: 9780060595647

Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story

4.1/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

Release: May 25, 2004

ISBN: 0060595647

ISBN 13: 9780060595647

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