If it was a story about an older man and an underage male, it would not only get published, they’d make a movie and it would get the oscar.
Stanley Kubrick directed the first one, which starred James Mason, Sue Lyons, Peter Sellers and Shelly Winters.
The second one, which hewed more closely to the book, was made for cable TV by HBO. It starred Jeremy Irons.
Already pretty much happened.... “Call Me by Your Name” won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.