My Lives by Edmund White

This autobiography may not have been intended as a celebration of the "life outrageous" but White's uninhibited descriptions of his sexual adventures would shock many readers even in this day and age. For myself I found his delight in retailing his every encounter at first amusing then boring and finaly irritating. Mr White has lead an interesting life and writes well and has produced a large body of work, both fiction and non-fiction, which has gained him many admirers. After reading this book I admit that my own opinion of him is ambiguous.