Our Young Man by Edmund White

Our Young Man by Edmund WhiteOur Young Man follows the life of a gorgeous Frenchman, Guy, as he goes from the industrial city of Clermont Ferrand to the top of the modeling profession in New York City's fashion world, becoming the darling of Fire Island's gay community. Like Wilde's Dorian Grey, Guy never seems to age; at thirty five he is still modeling, still enjoying lavish gifts from older men who believe he's twenty three though their attentions always come at a price.

Juliette Ferrars thought she'd won

Nick feels the same way

one of the few teenagers on the island

While the colourful sweetmeats are frying in the kitchen

gather for the kill

share this uplifting picture book story about their childhoods

goddess wisdom

Smith melds the western landscape with her own dreamscape

seizes the chance to return to Zimbabwe when he is given a spying mission for the World Bank

the literary world was up in arms

deep and secret as their shared moments in the parish

deception — and heartbreak for the woman who had saved them