The Married Man in Queereaders

Jan 04, 2009 Dan rated it really liked it

Our preeminent gay author delivers a heartbreaking account of life - and, ultimately, death - with AIDS for a group of modern-day expat friends splitting their time between Paris and the States. While at times White's treatment seems aloof, deferring to the supposed superiority of French culture and European manners, his approach is a calculated one, lulling the reading into a beautiful - the man has an absolute gift for description - and genteel world before unharnessing the fatal blow. White s ...more

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Mar 18, 2009 Kate rated it really liked it

This was a strange book. Edmund White doesn't bother trying to create likable characters, nor does he stray away from taboos or any depiction of gay men that might be condemned as stereotypical or kinky. I like that about him; he's never PC. The way these characters wandered around, travelling, while one was dying from AIDS I found oddly compelling. This is not a "fun" read, nor is it conventional by any means. It's bizarre and troubling, and I generally kept wanting to turn the page. ...more

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Jun 06, 2007 Adam Hodgins rated it liked it

Shelves: queer

I really like this book while I'm reading it but don't always feel motivated to pick it up.

I'm having a hard time pinning down when this is supposed to take place, early 90's maybe? ...more

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