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He has received the somerset maugham award, the james tait black memorial prize for fiction and the 2004 man booker prize. Thats very important, the king said, turning to the jury. On the face of it, a novel about a young, gay man living in 1980s london has little to do with me. Mar 12, 2018 in alan hollinghursts latest, a hazy sex scandal looms over many lives. In alan hollinghursts latest, a hazy sex scandal looms. Innocent of politics and money, nick is swept up into the feddens world and an era of endless possibility, all the while pursuing his own private obsession with beauty. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The dazzling first novel from the bestselling, booker prizewinning author of the line of beauty and the sparsholt affair. Thatcher to power, the line of beauty unfurls through four extraordinary years of change and tragedy. Alan hollinghursts extraordinarily rich novel the line of beauty. Alan hollinghurst the line of beauty winner of the booker prize, 2004 what do you know about this business. From alan hollinghurst, the acclaimed author of the sparsholt affair, the line of beauty is a sweeping novel about class, sex, and money during four extraordinary years of change and. Alan hollinghursts the line of beauty project muse johns.
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Alan hollinghurst is an english novelist, and winner of the 2004 booker prize for the line of beauty. He read english at magdalen college, oxford graduating in 1975. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 1989 somerset maugham award, the 1994 james tait black memorial prize and the 2004 booker prize. Free download or read online the line of beauty pdf epub book. In alan hollinghursts latest, a hazy sex scandal looms over. Aug 05, 2011 the line of beauty by alan hollinghurst book club alan hollinghurst meets the guardian book club podcast the novelist discusses the line of beauty with professor john mullan and takes. The line of beauty by alan hollinghurst the independent. The cover of the book has an evocative photo of a beautiful ironwork gate with a view through the gate into a park.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the line of beauty. The ironwork pattern of interlocking curves is beautiful and the out of focus glimpse of the park is tempting. There are many models of beauty and as old saying goes beauty is in the eye of the beholder. An enthralling, darkly erotic novel of homosexuality before the scourge of aids.
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