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The Sparsholt Affair

by Alan Hollinghurst

Hardback (unsigned) £20
Published 5th October 2017, 464 pages
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‘Hollinghurst has a strong, perhaps unassailable claim to be the best English novelist working today.’ - Guardian

In October 1940, the handsome young David Sparsholt arrives in Oxford. A keen athlete and oarsman, he at first seems unaware of the effect he has on others - particularly on the lonely and romantic Evert Dax, son of a celebrated novelist and destined to become a writer himself. While the Blitz rages in London, Oxford exists at a strange remove: an ephemeral, uncertain place, in which nightly blackouts conceal secret liaisons. Over the course of one momentous term, David and Evert forge an unlikely friendship that will colour their lives for decades to come …

Man Booker Prize-winning author Alan Hollinghurst’s masterly novel evokes the intimate relationships of a group of friends bound together by art, literature and love across three generations. It explores the social and sexual revolutions of the most pivotal years of the past century, whose life-changing consequences are still being played out to this day. Richly observed, disarmingly witty and emotionally charged, The Sparsholt Affair is an unmissable achievement from one of our finest writers.

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The Sparsholt Affair
by Alan Hollinghurst

ISBN
9781447208211

Publisher
Pan Macmillan

Binding
Hardback

Publication date
Oct. 5, 2017

Dimensions
24.2cm x 16.1cm x 3.6cm

Page count
464 pages