Catalogue record
1784870315
The swimming-pool library / Alan Hollinghurst.
Publication year: 2015
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Classification: Fiction
Publisher: Vintage Books, 2015.
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 1784870315 9781784870317 (pbk.) :
Notes: Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 1988. 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 is Lord Nantwich, a gay peer of the realm and in the market for a biographer. Reluctantly accepting the commission, Will receives the first of Nantwich's diaries. But in the story he unravels, a tragedy of early 20th century gay repression, lurk bitter truths about Will's own privileged existence.
Series title: Vintage classics
Other formats
Description:
415 pages ; 20 cm.
Available at:

Reviews Be the first to review this title