Forgetting Elena

novel by White

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  • Edmund White
    In Edmund White

    White’s first published novel, Forgetting Elena (1973), is a biting satire that uses the perspective of an innocent young man to reveal the intricate manners and rituals of homosexual life on Fire Island, New York. That effort and its successors established White as among the foremost voices in gay…

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