Boy Culture (novel)

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Boy Culture

Author	Matthew Rettenmund
Cover artist	Junie Lee
Language	English
Published	1995 (St. Martin's Press)
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	181 pp
ISBN	0-312-14553-5
OCLC	39845192

Boy Culture is a 1995 novel by Matthew Rettenmund.^[1] It centers on a call boy in the city of Chicago, Illinois and his two roommates. The protagonist goes by X throughout the book in order to maintain his anonymity. In 2006, it was adapted into a movie by filmmaker Q. Allan Brocka, starring Patrick Bauchau, Darryl Stephens, Emily Stiles, and newcomer Derek Magyar as "X". Award Nominated writers Craig Hepworth and Adele Stanhope are adapting the novel to the stage, Boy Culture the play will open August 2012 in Manchester, UK and will be produced by Vertigo Theatre Productions.