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The French are pretty thin-skinned. The few times I mentioned a French writer in 'City Boy,' the relatives would ring up in high dudgeon. I once wrote a mocking review of Marguerite Duras in the 'New York Review of Books,' and good friends of mine in France got very angry.


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Author Bio


  • NameEdmund White
  • DescriptionAmerican novelist
  • BornJanuary 13, 1940
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist; Journalist
  • AwardsLambda Literary Award