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Leavitt's latest is a fictionalized memoir of a young writer's coming of age. While family plays a part, this is a more or less chronological recounting of the protagonist's coming east to attend a prestigious university, studying under the legendary editor Stanley Flint, moving to New York, and accepting his sexuality and early forays into dating and securing a lover. In part, the book reads like an old-fashioned roman clef, and fun can admittedly be had figuring out who is whom. In Martin, Leavit...Log In or Sign Up to Read More