In the bold literary tradition of The Story of O comes this tale of X, a wise–cracking, postmodern callboy who cheerfully relates all the juicy details of his commissioned sexual encounters in a series of twenty–three chapter–length confessions. The object of X's affections is his roommate Andrew, who is confused about his sexuality. Meanwhile, X's other roommate—a seventeen–year–old precocious partyboy—is falling for X in a big way. The result is an old–fashioned (well, sort of) love triangle peppered with savage one–liners–a touching portrait of love and lust among three very different gay men. By turns shocking, touching, and off–the–charts funny, Matthew Rettenmund's Boy Culture is a decidedly urban, witty, and salacious novel that wonderfully encapsulates both edgy hustling and old–fashioned romance.
