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The Line of Beauty

by Alan Hollinghurst

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The Line of Beauty

It is the summer of 1983, and young Nick Guest, an innocent in the matters of politics and money, has moved into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: Gerald, an ambitious new Tory MP, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their children Toby and Catherine. Nick had idolized Toby at Oxford, but in his London life it will be the troubled Catherine who becomes his friend and his uneasy responsibility. At the boom years of the mid-80s unfold, Nick becomes caught up in the Feddens' world. In an era of endless possibility, Nick finds himself able to pursue his own private obsession, with beauty - a prize as compelling to him as power and riches are to his friends.

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  • 4 out of 5
    Line of Beauty

    Some of you may remember the TV adaptation of this Man Booker Prize winning novel, but trust me it really doesn't do justice to Alan Hollinghurst's fantastic novel. The story is the tale of Nick Guest's struggle to find beauty, and success, in Thatcher's Britain.

    Whilst on one hand it is the subtlety and imagery of the characters, and the book's definement of love that is the book's forté, yet it is the ruthlessness of the storyline that inevitably keeps us hooked. And ultimately, living a life built on such shaky foundations proves Nick's downfall and the downfall of all around him.

    This book really demonstrates writing at it's very best.

    Review by Will Beal on 14:04, 04 Apr 2008

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ISBN

9780330483216

Published
April 1st 2005 by Pan Macmillan
Category
Modern Fiction
Number of pages
300
County of origin
UNITED KINGDOM
Dimensions
197 x 130

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