The Line of Beauty

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Synopsis
In the summer of 1983, twenty-year-old Nick Guest moves into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: conservative Member of Parliament Gerald, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their two children, Toby-whom Nick had idolized at Oxford-and Catherine, highly critical of her family's assumptions and ambitions.

As the boom years of the eighties unfold, Nick, an innocent in the world of politics and money, finds his life altered by the rising fortunes of this glamorous family. His two vividly contrasting love affairs, one with a young black clerk and one with a Lebanese millionaire, dramatize the dangers and rewards of his own private pursuit of beauty, a pursuit as compelling to Nick as the desire for power and riches among his friends. Richly textured, emotionally charged, disarmingly comic, this U.K. bestseller is a major work by one of our finest writers.

Man Booker Prize winner

Copyright:
2005

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
440 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781582346106
Publisher:
N/A
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Alan Hollinghurst
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
Submitted By:
Carrie Karnos
Proofread By:
Sue Stevens
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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