The Line of Beauty
Categories: Literature & Fiction
The Line of Beauty (2004) is a novel by Alan Hollinghurst. It won the Booker Prize. Nick Guest, a young gay man writing a thesis on Henry James, lives with a wealthy Conservative MP's family in 1980s Thatcher-era London. Hollinghurst follows Nick's desires, social climb and political awakening through the AIDS crisis and the glitter and cruelty of high society.
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- Fareed Zakaria: “My book of the week is Alan Hollinghurst's "The Line of Beauty," a beautifully written Booker-Prize-winning novel set in London's upper classes during the Thatcher years. Hollinghurst writes about politics, money and sex with consummate ease and skill.”