From the legendary author Edmund White, a stunning, revelatory memoir of a lifetime of gay love and sex.
'A pointillistic canvas of gay desire and male sexuality in its many paradoxes and contradictions' RALF WEBB, GUARDIAN
'The gayest book ever written' HENRY HOKE, author of Open Throat
'Intelligent, stylish, entertaining and funny’ TLS
With his trademark wit, candour and relentlessly perceptive eye, Edmund White, the beloved 85-year-old ‘paterfamilias of queer literature’ (New York Times) delves unflinchingly into the aspect of his life which has inspired so many of his masterpieces: sex.
Documenting 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.
Unyieldingly honest, outrageously raucous and arrestingly touching, The Loves of My Life can but further cement White’s unquestionable role at the apex of the gay canon.
"Textured and variegated … A writer’s memoir and a rumination on craft … White is so clearly in complete control of his powers, switching between coquetry and high seriousness, weaving a rich tapestry of cultural references (Jean Genet to Hello Kitty, Stendhal to Sontag) while carefully deploying his unique ability, as Alan Hollinghurst put it, to “translate libido into style” through metaphor … The book’s push against prudishness also contains a subtle call for understanding and compassion – reminders that what has been gained in terms of LGBTQ rights is fragile, and a conviction that a better, bolder future is possible. Anyone can make such an optimistic vision sound appealing; only Edmund White could make it truly seductive" - Guardian
"Intelligent, stylish, entertaining and funny " - TLS
"Ecstatic, so funny, tender, very hot - a scintillating romp with a literary lion. Daddy's diary fully delivers, pungent and real, teeming with gasp-worthy disclosures, as illuminating as it is filthy." - Jeremy Atherton Lin, author of Gay Bar
"The itch of lust, in most of these encounters, soon turns into swooning poetic ardour . . . the writing in The Loves of My Life is as juicy, ebullient and ecstatic as in his best novels" - Observer
"It’s trousers down from page one … This NSFW addition to a well-sexed body of work does what it says on the tin" - The Times
"White’s voice is both gossipy and learned, salacious and sophisticated, and always sharply observant" - i-D Magazine
"The books by 80-year-old American novelist, memoirist and essayist Edmund White - honest, fierce and joyful explorations of love, sex and family - have been breaking boundaries and engaging readers for nearly 50 years" - AARP
"The American novelist, critic and doyen of queer literature looks back, aged 84, at his own sexual past, from furtive encounters in the 1950s Midwest to app-facilitated hookups in the 2000s" - Guardian, Books to Look Forward to 2025
"The kind of witty, insightful memoir that befits a literary legacy like White’s" - Literary Hub, Most Anticipated Books of 2025
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'A pointillistic canvas of gay desire and male sexuality in its many paradoxes and contradictions' RALF WEBB, GUARDIAN
'The gayest book ever written' HENRY HOKE, author of Open Throat
'Intelligent, stylish, entertaining and funny’ TLS
With his trademark wit, candour and relentlessly perceptive eye, Edmund White, the beloved 85-year-old ‘paterfamilias of queer literature’ (New York Times) delves unflinchingly into the aspect of his life which has inspired so many of his masterpieces: sex.
Documenting 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.
Unyieldingly honest, outrageously raucous and arrestingly touching, The Loves of My Life can but further cement White’s unquestionable role at the apex of the gay canon.
"Textured and variegated … A writer’s memoir and a rumination on craft … White is so clearly in complete control of his powers, switching between coquetry and high seriousness, weaving a rich tapestry of cultural references (Jean Genet to Hello Kitty, Stendhal to Sontag) while carefully deploying his unique ability, as Alan Hollinghurst put it, to “translate libido into style” through metaphor … The book’s push against prudishness also contains a subtle call for understanding and compassion – reminders that what has been gained in terms of LGBTQ rights is fragile, and a conviction that a better, bolder future is possible. Anyone can make such an optimistic vision sound appealing; only Edmund White could make it truly seductive" - Guardian
"Intelligent, stylish, entertaining and funny " - TLS
"Ecstatic, so funny, tender, very hot - a scintillating romp with a literary lion. Daddy's diary fully delivers, pungent and real, teeming with gasp-worthy disclosures, as illuminating as it is filthy." - Jeremy Atherton Lin, author of Gay Bar
"The itch of lust, in most of these encounters, soon turns into swooning poetic ardour . . . the writing in The Loves of My Life is as juicy, ebullient and ecstatic as in his best novels" - Observer
"It’s trousers down from page one … This NSFW addition to a well-sexed body of work does what it says on the tin" - The Times
"White’s voice is both gossipy and learned, salacious and sophisticated, and always sharply observant" - i-D Magazine
"The books by 80-year-old American novelist, memoirist and essayist Edmund White - honest, fierce and joyful explorations of love, sex and family - have been breaking boundaries and engaging readers for nearly 50 years" - AARP
"The American novelist, critic and doyen of queer literature looks back, aged 84, at his own sexual past, from furtive encounters in the 1950s Midwest to app-facilitated hookups in the 2000s" - Guardian, Books to Look Forward to 2025
"The kind of witty, insightful memoir that befits a literary legacy like White’s" - Literary Hub, Most Anticipated Books of 2025
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