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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 is Lord Nantwich, a gay peer of the realm and in the market for a biographer. Reluctantly accepting the commission, Will receives the first of Nantwich's diaries. But in the story he unravels, a tragedy of early 20th century gay repression, lurk bitter truths about Will's own privileged existence.
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The Swimming-Pool Library, Alan Hollinghurst
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2015
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- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Alan Hollinghurst
- Verlag
- Vintage Books
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2015
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 432
- ISBN10
- 1784870315
- ISBN13
- 9781784870317
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Erotik, Beziehungen, LGBTQ+ Literatur, Britische Literatur, England, Sexualität & Intimität, Großbritannien, Afrika, Schreiben, London, Tagebücher, Homosexualität
- Originaltitel
- The swimming pool library
- Bewertung
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- Beschreibung
- 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 is Lord Nantwich, a gay peer of the realm and in the market for a biographer. Reluctantly accepting the commission, Will receives the first of Nantwich's diaries. But in the story he unravels, a tragedy of early 20th century gay repression, lurk bitter truths about Will's own privileged existence.