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The dazzling first novel from the bestselling, booker prizewinning author of the line of beauty and the sparsholt affa. Includes bibliographic data, information about the author of the ebook, description of the e book and other if such information is available. He is the author of one of the most highly praised first novels to appear in the 1980s, the swimmingpool library, and was selected as one of the best of young british novelists 1993. The sparsholt affair by alan hollinghurst books on. Like william beckwith, the book s main character, mr. In 1983 london, will, a privileged, gay, sexually irresistible 25yearold, saves the life of an elderly aristocrat who has a heartattack in a public. A literary gay novel from england that contrasts the uninhibited preaids sex scene with gay life of earlier decades. Publication date 1988 topics gay men fiction, london england fiction publisher. Alan hollinghurst is among britains most highlyrated literary novelists, whose bestknown book the line of beauty 2004, winner of that years man booker prize, is a tourdeforce envisioning of the thatcher years as an era of doomed romance. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the swimmingpool library.
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The line of beauty, winner of the 2004 man booker prize and a finalist for the national book critics circle award. The dazzling first novel from the bestselling, booker prizewinning author of the line of beauty and the sparsholt affair. His acclaimed first novel, the swimmingpool library 1988, gives a vivid account of london gay life in the early 1980s through the story of a young aristocrat, william beckwith, and his involvement with. How has life changed for gay men in the uk since homosexuality was decriminalised in 1967. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Alan hollinghurst s most popular book is the line of beauty. The swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst books on. Sep 21, 2011 alan hollinghurst is the author of the novels the strangers child, the swimmingpool library, the folding star, the spell, and the line of beauty, which won the man booker prize and was a finalist for the national book critics circle award. The line of beauty by alan hollinghurst books the guardian.
David forest with hugo bolton, directed by scott lyman. Narrator will beckwith is a beautiful 25yearold, supported by his doting grandfather viscount beckwith and dividing his time between his. This essay explores the vexed matters of race and empire in alan hollinghurst s the swimmingpool library, tracing the lines of connection between colonial and contemporary constructions of otherness upon which the novel dwells. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Aug 31, 2009 discover book depositorys huge selection of alan hollinghurst books online. Feb 22, 1988 a wonderful romp around londontown, arguably the gayest city in all of europe. Read the swimming pool library by alan hollinghurst available from rakuten kobo. Delaware county district library ohio scanned in china. In 1974, hollinghurst was awarded the newdigate prize. However, i contend that this novel is so good that it transcends any such categorization.
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Hollinghurst, who is 34 and deputy editor of the times literary supplement. A literary sensation and bestseller both in england and. Alan hollinghurst was born in stroud in gloucestershire, england in 1954 and was educated at magdalen college, oxford. In presenting the protagonists libidinous pursuit of black sexual partners in 1980s london as recycling some of the exploitative behaviours of colonial desire, the. Pdf cinema in the library on alan hollinghursts the swimming. The swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst librarything. The swimmingpool library vintage international kindle edition by hollinghurst, alan. Alan hollinghurst is the author of the novels the strangers child, the swimmingpool library, the folding star, the spell, and the line of beauty, which won the man booker prize and was a finalist for the national book critics circle award. The swimmingpool library hollinghurst alan download. Published in 1988, alan hollinghursts debut the swimmingpool. Ever since his priapic debut with the swimmingpool library more than 15 years ago, hollinghurst has, by turns, demonstrated his gifts for all the. In alan hollinghurst s debut novel, the swimmingpool library, will, a promiscuous, selfabsorbed layabout, finds his upperclass world both shaken and stirred after he saves the life of an elderly gay aristocrat in a public lavatory.
Forster award of the american academy of arts and letters, and the james tait black. Jul 02, 2015 buy the swimmingpool library vintage classics by hollinghurst, alan isbn. Oct 26, 2016 david forest with hugo bolton, directed by scott lyman. Like this history, the cinema in the swimmingpool library must be held at bay. This is a brilliantly constructed, multilayered novel rich in both interesting characters and history.
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