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One of the most complex, moral, personal, and political books to have been written about gay life. --L. A. Weekly Monette's interior life, his ghosts, his turmoil, his final peace -- in Becoming a Man, they have become our literature. ----David Ebershoff, author of Pasadena and The Danish Girl Everyone can learn something about courage and self-discovery from Becoming a Man. --San Francisco Chronicle A poignant, bittersweet memoir....Each stage of [Monette's] personal journey is described at an intimate, insightful, human level. --Library Journal Beautifully written...a heartfelt illumination of how a gay person overcame the self-reproach that societal condemnation enacts. --Publishers Weekly

A poignant, bittersweet memoir..Each stage of [Monette's] personal journey is described at an intimate, insightful, human level. -- Library Journal Beautifully written.a heartfelt illumination of how a gay person overcame the self-reproach that societal condemnation enacts. -- Publishers Weekly Everyone can learn something about courage and self-discovery from Becoming a Man. --San Francisco Chronicle One of the most complex, moral, personal, and political books to have been written about gay life. --L. A. Weekly A poignant, bittersweet memoir....Each stage of [Monette's] personal journey is described at an intimate, insightful, human level. --Library Journal Beautifully written...a heartfelt illumination of how a gay person overcame the self-reproach that societal condemnation enacts. --Publishers Weekly Monette's interior life, his ghosts, his turmoil, his final peace -- in Becoming a Man, they have become our literature. ----David Ebershoff, author of Pasadena and The Danish Girl Everyone can learn something about courage and self-discovery from Becoming a Man. --San Francisco Chronicle One of the most complex, moral, personal, and political books to have been written about gay life. --L. A. Weekly Beautifully written a heartfelt illumination of how a gay person overcame the self-reproach that societal condemnation enacts. --Publishers Weekly A poignant, bittersweet memoir .Each stage of [Monette s] personal journey is described at an intimate, insightful, human level. --Library Journal Monette s interior life, his ghosts, his turmoil, his final peace -- in Becoming a Man, they have become our literature. ----David Ebershoff, author of Pasadena and The Danish Girl -Everyone can learn something about courage and self-discovery from Becoming a Man.---San Francisco Chronicle -One of the most complex, moral, personal, and political books to have been written about gay life.---L. A. Weekly -Beautifully written...a heartfelt illumination of how a gay person overcame the self-reproach that societal condemnation enacts.---Publishers Weekly -A poignant, bittersweet memoir....Each stage of [Monette's] personal journey is described at an intimate, insightful, human level.---Library Journal -Monette's interior life, his ghosts, his turmoil, his final peace -- in Becoming a Man, they have become our literature.-----David Ebershoff, author of Pasadena and The Danish Girl

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Paul Monette (1945-1995) is the author of many books, including seven novels, four volumes of poetry, and several highly praised nonfiction works, such as Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir. In 1992, he received the National Book Award for Becoming a Man. He died of AIDS complications in 1995.

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