The Swimming-Pool Library (Vintage Blue) (Vintage International)

by Alan Hollinghurst

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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 twentieth-century gay repression, lurk bitter truths about Will’s own privileged existence.
  • ISBN10 1784870315
  • ISBN13 9781784870317
  • Publish Date 2 July 2015 (first published 22 February 1988)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Vintage Publishing
  • Imprint Vintage Classics
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 432
  • Language English