Boy Culture (novel)

Boy Culture (novel)

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name = Boy Culture
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author = Matthew Rettenmund
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cover_artist = Junie Lee
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Novel
publisher = St. Martin's Press
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media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 181 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-312-14553-5
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"Boy Culture" is a 1995 novel by Matthew Rettenmund. It centers around a call boy in the city of Chicago, Illinois and his two roommates. The protagonist goes by X throughout the book in order to maintain his anonymity. It was recently adapted into a movie by filmmaker Q. Allan Brocka, starring Patrick Bauchau, Darryl Stephens, Emily Stiles, and newcomer Derek Magyar as "X".

Characters

Main characters

* X is a male prostitute, and has been ever since he was young
* Andrew is X's love interest and one of his two roommates
* Joe, X's other roommate is a "seventeen-and-a-half" year old twink, who has a crush on X


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