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The sexual escapades of Edmund White sound like an improbably sordid Carry On film

The octogenarian writer seems unable to resist the burlesque, describing the most lurid encounters at an apparently droll remove

James Cahill
The young Edmund White, photographed by Lillian Birnbaum. Bridgeman Images
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  • The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir

    Edmund White

    Bloomsbury, pp. 256, £20

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