1970s New York was a dangerous, vibrant city. Capote, Burroughs, Mapplethorpe- Edmund White knew them all. They lived, breathed and created art in a city where boundaries were pushed and anything seemed possible. White writes with wit and insight about this bohemian time in his life, and through it all splarkles fleeting and carefree associations with a fascinating melting pot of people; living across the street from Bob Dylan, dinners with Susan Sontag, drinking expresso with a young Mama Cass. City Boy is a moving and brilliant portrait of a time and place, a New York where nothing lasts, but life is ´as intense as it gets´.