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He is the author of one of the most highly praised first novels to appear in the 1980s, the swimmingpool library 1988, and was selected as one of the best young british novelists 1993. The line of beauty, winner of the 2004 man booker prize and a finalist for the national book critics circle award. Summer house with swimming pool king county library system. The infamous clause prohibited continue reading mind the ironic gap. Summer house with swimming pool toronto public library. The birches was one of the grand mansions of the 1920s, with a ballroom, tennis courts, and, of course, a swimming pool. Alan hollinghurst author alan hollinghurst was born in 1954. Summer house with swimming pool hawaii state public. William beckwith, a young gay aristocrat who leads a life of privilege and promiscuity, and lord nantwich, an elderly man searching for someone to write his biography and inherit his traditions.
William beckwith, a young gay aristocrat who leads a life of privilege and promiscuity, and. The swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst overdrive. Alan hollinghurst is the author of the novels the swimmingpool library. Louise is there with her daughters, and while the children splash and shriek in the cool blue waters, she basks in the sunshine, att. The infamous clause prohibited local authorities disseminating material deemed to be endorsing. Our reward is the enjoyable, if unsettling, experience of being pitched into the deep waters of levys wry, accomplished novel. Seven summers ago, marcella atkinson fell in love with cecil mcclatchey, a married father of two. Alan hollinghurst is not a prolific novelist, with only five novels to his name, but he is an important one. The swimmingpool library vintage international kindle. When he saves the life of an elderly man in a public convenience an unlikely job opportunity presents itself the man, lord nantwich, is seeking a biographer. Alan hollinghurst is the author of the novels the strangers child, the swimming pool 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 vintage blue kindle edition by alan. In a crumbling mansion, two sisters hide from the world, afraid for their lives. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Editions of the swimmingpool library by alan hollinghurst. The next time you have a swimming pool issue and need some guidence kevin is here for you. Jul 02, 2015 in the end, the swimming pool library just seems to peter out, and whatever insight into his characters hollinghurst had earlier in the book seems to get a little lost. Summer house with swimming pool nashville public library. He is the author of one of the most highly praised first novels to appear in the 1980s, the swimming pool library, and was selected as one of the best of young british novelists 1993. Also, at charles nantwichs home there is a room that has served as a library and was once a roman bath. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The swimmingpool library book the seattle public library.
The swimmingpool library vintage international kindle edition by hollinghurst, alan. The swimmingpool library is a 1988 novel by alan hollinghurst. Finally, will borrows trashy homoerotic novels from one of the lifeguards at the corinthian club. His novel the line of beauty won the booker prize in 2004. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the swimming pool library vintage international. A novel adobe epub ebook, kindle book, overdrive read average rating. The swimming pool library by alan hollinghurst overdrive. A literary sensation and bestseller both in england and america, the swimmingpool library is an enthralling, darkly erotic novel of homosexuality before the scourge of aids. Sep 21, 2011 the swimmingpool library ebook written by alan hollinghurst. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the swimmingpool library vintage international. Featuring the razorsharp humor and acute psychological insight that made the dinner an international phenomenon, summer house with swimming pool is a controversial, thoughtprovoking novel that showcases herman koch at his finest. The swimmingpool library the free library of philadelphia.
Publication date 1988 publisher penguin collection. Young, gay, william beckwith spends his time, and his trust fund, idly cruising london for erotic encounters. A literary sensation and bestseller in both england and america, the swimmingpool library is an enthralling, darkly erotic novel of gay life before the scourge of aids. A literary sensation and bestseller in both england and america, the swimming pool library is an enthralling, darkly erotic novel of gay life before the scourge of aids.
For will, the swimmingpool library is slang for the changingroom to which he and his friends would slip in the middle of the night for illicit sexual activities. Swimming pool sunday carnegie library of pittsburgh. 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. A literary gay novel from england that contrasts the uninhibited preaids sex scene with gay life of earlier decades. William beckwith, a young gay aristocrat who leads a life of privilege and promiscuity and the elderly lord nantwich, an old africa hand, searching for someone. The swimming pool library focuses on the friendship of two men.
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