'The Boy' caused a sensation on first publication in 2003. Hailed as 'Greer's finest book to date' by Prospect magazine, it is a genuinely groundbreaking work and 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?', Greer opens our eyes and invites us to appreciate boys in all their sensuality, flirtatiousness and vulnerability. A provocative and informative book by one of the great polemicists of our time, now in paperback.