White Girls, is about, among other things, blackness, queerness, movies, Brooklyn, love (and the loss of love), AIDS, fashion, Basquiat, Capote, philosophy, porn, Eminem, Louise Brooks, and Michael Jackson.
Freewheeling and dazzling, tender and true, it is one of the most daring and provocative books of recent years, and an invaluable guide to the culture of our time.