{"product_id":"9781526686701","title":"The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir","description":"Author: White, Edmund\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526686701\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Apr 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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'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\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\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\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eN HEWITT, author of \u003ci\u003eOpen, Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46655873089694,"sku":"UBD-9781526686701","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526686701.jpg?v=1774836036","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526686701","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}