{"product_id":"9781526690418","title":"The Loves of My Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e***A \u003ci\u003eTIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\/\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'All the no-holds-barred candour you'd expect . . . A hoot, and surprisingly touching' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Trousers down from page one ... NSFW'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The gayest book ever written' \u003cb\u003eHENRY HOKE, author of \u003ci\u003eOpen Throat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Daddy's diary fully delivers'\u003cb\u003e JEREMY ATHERTON LIN, author of \u003ci\u003eGay Bar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--------------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWith his trademark wit, candour and relentlessly perceptive eye, Edmund White, the beloved 85-year-old 'paterfamilias of queer literature' (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) delves unflinchingly into the aspect of his life which has inspired so many of his masterpieces: sex.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDocumenting everything from covert fumblings in the repressed American Midwest of the 1950's to the Arcadian gay debauchery of New York in the 1970's; through the terror of HIV and the age of sex on the apps, White has seen - and experienced - it all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnyieldingly honest, outrageously raucous and arrestingly touching, \u003ci\u003eThe Loves of My Life \u003c\/i\u003ecan but further cement White's unquestionable role at the apex of the gay canon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--------------------------------------------\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A pointillistic canvas of gay desire and male sexuality' \u003cb\u003eRALF WEBB, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Juicy, ebullient and ecstatic'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wry, hilarious, moving and brilliantly unreserved' \u003cb\u003eSE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eÁ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eN HEWITT, author of \u003ci\u003eOpen, Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"White, Edmund","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53616176759121,"sku":"9781526690418","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/6478\/4209\/files\/9781526690418.jpg?v=1777027319","url":"https:\/\/thecommonpress.shop\/products\/9781526690418","provider":"The Common Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}