The Best Little Boy in the World (Modern Library)
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (820 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 067960314X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 247 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Today "John Reid" can be himself and is already known to millions of readers as the witty, bestselling financial writer Andrew Tobias. When The Best Little Boy in the World was first published in 1973, The New York Times Book Review hailed this classic account of a young man's coming to terms with his sexuality as "uniquely frank a splendid book." Yet the reviewer was also disturbed that a journal about owning up to one's true identity had to appear under a pen name because of "societal bigotry."------Happily, times have changed. "John Reid comes out slowly, hilariously, brilliantly," wrote David Brudnoy in The New York Times Book Review. ------"An enlightening portrait of growing up gay in a straight world," said the Chicago Tribune. To commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of his intelligent work, the Modern Library is re-issuing The Best Little Boy in the World. "One reads this utterly honest account with the shock of recognition." ------This Modern Library edition coincides with the publication of its sequel, The Best Little Boy in the World Grows Up, and includes a new Foreword by Andrew Tobias and a new Introduction by the writer and journalist Andrew Sullivan.. Full of humor and free of guilt, it remains one of the most enduring memoirs of a generation
Not the best little book in the worldbut, not too bad either J. Ninos Andrew Tobias writes a poignant and touching autobiography of his young life as a closeted boy coming of age in the Northeastern US in the 50's and 60's. He reflects deeply on the issues and feelings which keep him closeted. He also is very open in reflecting on the dark side of his nature fostered by his self-deprivation and ye. Gary W Choate said Classic tale.. Classic tale, well written, charming and heartfelt.. unhappy Keith I did not order library. Copy ! !!! So much for truth in advertising !!!
And so it was "John Reid" who became a hero to the thousands of gay males who found in this memoir a mirror for their own experiences. When The Best Little Boy in the World was first published in 1973, Andrew Tobias could write about what it had felt like to begin to accept his homosexuality, but he couldn't bring himself to sign his own name to the book, for fear of embarrassing his parents. He treats his closeted adolescence and college years, and his stumbling first attempts at "doing a thing" with ot