Characters
| Name | Unnamed |
| Gender | Male |
| Trait | Gay |
| Genre | Coming of age --Gay Biographical Psychological --Gay Classic --Gay Fiction |
| Topics | Teenage boys Adolescence Gay youth 1950s culture Sexual awakening Coming out Guilt Self-acceptance |
| Setting | College town |
| Series | ||
| Edmund White's semi-autobiographical trilogy | ||
| 1 | A Boy's own story | |
| 2 | The Beautiful room is empty | |
| 3 | The Farewell symphony | |