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A Boy's Own Story

Edmund White
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literary fiction coming of age past tense first POV ~326 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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melancholic lyrical obsessive

A slow-burn and dark literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, intimate scope. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable romance, sexual content.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 5
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 90
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 95
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 15
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 90%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 80%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count81,433
Page count~326 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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