Our Young Man
Our Young Man is a 2016 novel by Edmund White. It is White's 11th novel and was first published by Bloomsbury on April 5, 2016. The plot follows the adventures of Guy, a young man who does not appear to age.
The book received generally positive reviews from critics. Michael Upchurch wrote in The [New York Times] that it contained "winningly hectic prose", though he felt that it was not as compelling as White's previous work, The Farewell Symphony. In a review for The Guardian, Neel [Mukherjee (writer)|Neel Mukherjee] praised White's descriptions and coverage of the emergence of HIV/AIDS in [the United States]. Eileen Battersby of The Irish Times wrote that "eading this novel is similar to walking a tightrope" and favorably compared it to Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.