Product Description

William Goldman is famous for his Academy Award-winning screenplays, infamous for the thriller that did for dentists what Psycho did for showers, beloved for his hilarious "hot fairy-tale," and notorious for his candid behind-the-scenes Hollywood chronicles. But long before Butch and Sundance, Buttercup, and the Tinsel-Town tell-alls, he made his mark as one of the great popular novelists of the twentieth century. Now his sweeping, classic tale of a generation's tumultuous coming-of-age is at last back in print.

BOYS & GIRLS TOGETHER

Aaron, Walt, Jenny, Branch, and Rudy. They are children of America's post-war generation, as different from one another as anyone can be. Yet they are bound together by the traumas of their pasts, the desperate desire to capture their dreams and satisfy their passions, the stirring pleasures of sexual awakening--and the twists of fate that will inextricably link their lives in the turbulent world of 1960s New York City.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #323679 in Books
• Published on: 2001-07-31
• Released on: 2001-07-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 768 pages

Review
"A SUPERB, BRILLIANT EVOCATION . . . Satisfying in its length, rich in its complication, intriguing in its characters, and above all, revealing of its time and place."
--Los Angeles Times

"[GOLDMAN] SUCCEEDS WHERE MOST NOVELISTS SINCE THOMAS WOLFE HAVE FAILED. He carves a huge piece out of the heart of New York, and it has life, power, beauty and truth."
--San Francisco Chronicle -- Review

Review
"A SUPERB, BRILLIANT EVOCATION . . . Satisfying in its length, rich in its complication, intriguing in its characters, and above all, revealing of its time and place."
--Los Angeles Times

"[GOLDMAN] SUCCEEDS WHERE MOST NOVELISTS SINCE THOMAS WOLFE HAVE FAILED. He carves a huge piece out of the heart of New York, and it has life, power, beauty and truth."
--San Francisco Chronicle

From the Inside Flap
William Goldman is famous for his Academy Award-winning screenplays, infamous for the thriller that did for dentists what Psycho did for showers, beloved for his hilarious "hot fairy-tale," and notorious for his candid behind-the-scenes Hollywood chronicles. But long before Butch and Sundance, Buttercup, and the Tinsel-Town tell-alls, he made his mark as one of the great popular novelists of the twentieth century. Now his sweeping, classic tale of a generation's tumultuous coming-of-age is at last back in print.

BOYS & GIRLS TOGETHER

Aaron, Walt, Jenny, Branch, and Rudy. They are children of America's post-war generation, as different from one another as anyone can be. Yet they are bound together by the traumas of their pasts, the desperate desire to capture their dreams and satisfy their passions, the stirring pleasures of sexual awakening--and the twists of fate that will inextricably link their lives in the turbulent world of 1960s New York City.

Customer Reviews

I'll Never Forget the First Line
Sometime in the 1960's I discovered Boys & Girls Together. I don't recall how I got my first copy. It certainly wasn't handed to me by Sister Immaculata at Archbishop Prendergast high school. Nor did my Italian father suggest that I read it. However the book made its way into my hands and the words found the path to my curious brain - I am eternally grateful. The characters and the stories embedded themselves into my psyche and made me hungrier than ever to explore new worlds beyond the tight borders of home,school and family. I was never the same again. Recently I bought myself a new copy. I hadn't read it in years and wondered if the old magic was still there. I opened the book and read the first line. It was quite an experience. I was transported back "in time" and across many decades when a new door had opened for me. Thank you William Goldman. I was not disappointed.

The Reason I'm a Writer Today
I looked at it, pondered over it, it seemed to call my name. At fifteen years old, in that old Woolworth building in South Mississippi, about 1965, I put in it my hands and had to have it. I knew I had to write when I read that "Aaron's eyes burned" because he read so much. I was a girl, he was a boy, a homosexual boy, but I understood him. I knew him. I also decided to become a writer of books someday, and now I am. Thank you Mr. Goldman for the very best book I've ever read. I'm buying copies for the sensitive people I love. Thank God it's in print again.
Susan Arnett

A brilliant book.
This being the first William Goldman book I read, I also believe it to be the best. Never before have read a book that had such detailed, quirky, and unique characters. There is a dedication to each character I've never again seen paralelled that makes the story an experience one could never forget. Search your local libraries and book stores for this book. It's worth it.