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Set in the united kingdom in the early to mid1980s, the story surrounds the postoxford life of the young gay protagonist, nick guest. Alan hollinghurst was born on may 26, 1954 in stroud, gloucestershire, england as alan james hollinghurst. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 438 pages and is available in paperback format. Thats very important, the king said, turning to the jury. The line of beauty by alan hollinghurst, paperback. Alan hollinghurst the line of beauty direct download. Download the line of beauty picador 40th anniversary edition alan hollinghurst ebook the sparsholt affair alan hollinghurst 20171215t03. The line of beauty is alan hollinghurst s man booker prizewinning masterpiece. Free download or read online the line of beauty pdf epub book.
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The best english novel of the year so far is alan hollinghurst s the line of beauty colm toibin, the guardian in alan hollinghurst s novel the line of beauty, the great tradition of english public, political narrative, as perfected by trollope, meets the sculpted, poetic and interior narrative as perfected by henry james. Though hes best known for his elegant descriptions of gay male life and pitchperfect prose, hollinghurst is most striking here for his successful, often damning, observations. Alan hollinghurst is an english novelist, and winner of the 2004 booker prize for the line of beauty. Apr 01, 2005 winner of the man booker prize, alan hollinghurst s the line of beauty is a classic novel about class, politics and sexuality in margaret thatchers 1980s britain. Framed by the two general elections which returned mrs.
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