The Boy: Germaine Greer - Softcover

'A tasty scrapbook of male beauty ... Greer covers a large canvas with broad, bright brushstrokes ' - The Literary Review 'I can say, without let, hindrance or contradiction, that Germaine Greer is the single most influential and memorable human being of the 20th century' - A. A. Gill, Sunday Times 'An erudite and cheeky celebration of youthful male beauty ... In its puckish, show-off charm, its refusal to take anything for granted, even the unselfconsciousness of its own beauty, Dr Greer has managed to produce a book that is itself distinctly boyish' - Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, The Art Newspaper 'A cornucopia of fascinating observations for us to be provoked by and enjoy ... Greer has written a stirring and provocative love letter to boyhood. Do read it' - Michele Roberts, RA Magazine 'The sensual charge in these bodies bears out her thesis ... provocative and elegant' - Times Literary Supplement 'A strong and convincing argument ... beautifully presented, and many will be surprised by the subtlety and morality of Greer's writing' - Telegraph (Books of the Year)

A genuinely groundbreaking work which has changed the way we look at boys in art, in literature and in life. In a series of carefully constructed and dazzlingly illustrated themes, ranging from the boy as a passive love object to soldier boys, from the boy under the female gaze to ‘what is a boy?’, Germaine Greer opens our eyes and invites us to appreciate boys in all their sensuality, flirtatiousness and vulnerability.