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In the summer of 1983, 20-year-old Nick Guest moves into the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: Tory MP Gerald, his wife Rachel, and their two children, Toby and Catherine. Nick had idolised Toby at Oxford while Catherine is the unpredictable wildcard of the family. This fourth novel from Britain's leading gay writer offers many of his classic ingredients - rich prose, intelligent observations on both British and gay life, and of course plentiful gay sex. But it is also Hollinghurst's wittiest novel to date and placing Nick amongst an upper class Tory family gives the author plenty of opportunities for gentle satire. The upper class dialogue and fawning over 'the Lady' (Margaret Thatcher) is especially funny and delicious. This 2004 Booker Prize winning novel is deservedly a modern classic. This new Picador Classic edition has introduction by Sebastian Faulks.
Paperback, 528 Pages, Orig. Publ. 2004, This Ed. Publ. 2015
Author: Alan Hollinghurst