Author: Alan Hollinghurst
Title: The Line of Beauty
Description: London, Picador, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Hollinghurst's award winning novel with original dust wrapper. First edition, first impression of The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst. Includes the author's signature to the title page. The novel is set in Britain and follows the story of a young gay man Nick Guest, who is a graduate from Oxford in English literature and comes from a middle class background. The Line of Beauty won the 2004 Booker Prize. It was highly praised for its portrayal of life for the privileged during the 1980s and its commentary on the HIV/AIDS crisis, homosexuality and politics.Alan Hollinghurst is an award winning English novelist, poet and short story writer, and an important voice for LGBTQ+ literature.In the original publisher's binding with original unclipped dust wrapper. In original publisher's cloth binding with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. The dust wrapper is slightly worn to the extremities. There is some slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.
Keywords: British fiction First edition Alan Hollinghurst First edition None
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Title: The Line of Beauty
Description: London, Picador, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Hollinghurst's award winning novel with original dust wrapper. First edition, first impression of The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst. Includes the author's signature to the title page. The novel is set in Britain and follows the story of a young gay man Nick Guest, who is a graduate from Oxford in English literature and comes from a middle class background. The Line of Beauty won the 2004 Booker Prize. It was highly praised for its portrayal of life for the privileged during the 1980s and its commentary on the HIV/AIDS crisis, homosexuality and politics.Alan Hollinghurst is an award winning English novelist, poet and short story writer, and an important voice for LGBTQ+ literature.In the original publisher's binding with original unclipped dust wrapper. In original publisher's cloth binding with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. The dust wrapper is slightly worn to the extremities. There is some slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.
Keywords: British fiction First edition Alan Hollinghurst First edition None
Price: GBP 125.00 = appr. US$ 178.50 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 825W4
- Book number: 825W4
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