The Swimming Pool Library

HOLLINGHURST, Alan

Published by Random House, 1988

About this Item

HOLLINGHURST, Alan [288] pp. Random House 1988 9 3/8" x 6 1/2" The Swimming-Pool Library is a 1988 novel by Alan Hollinghurst. The novel won two awards including Somerset Maugham Award 1988 followed by American Academy of Arts and Letters E.M. Forster Award 1989. Plot introduction In 1983 London, Will, a privileged, gay, sexually irresistible 25-year-old, saves the life of an elderly aristocrat who has a heart-attack in a public lavatory. This chance meeting ultimately requires Will to re-evaluate his sense of the past and his family's history.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Swimming Pool Library
• Publisher: Random House
• Publication Date: 1988
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Gay Interest
  • Novels