The Swimming-Pool Library |
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| Author:
| Hollinghurst, Alan |
| Read by:
| West, Samuel |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4893-6605-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2016 |
| Publisher: | Bolinda Publishing Pty, Limited
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| Book Format: | CD-Extra |
| List Price: | AUD $87.95 |
Book Description:
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Young, gay, William Beckwith spends his time, and his trust fund, idly cruising London for erotic encounters. 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. Will agrees to take a look at Nantwich's diaries. But in the story he unravels, a tragedy of 20th-century gay repression, lurk bitter truths about Will's own privileged existence.
Young, gay, William Beckwith spends his time, and his trust fund, idly cruising London for erotic encounters. 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. Will agrees to take a look at Nantwich's diaries. But in the story he unravels, a tragedy of 20th-century gay repression, lurk bitter truths about Will's own privileged existence.