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Hollinghurst was born in stroud, gloucestershire, the only child of james. Not too mad, i hope, and nick would say, shes fine, shes fine, shielding his eyes from the dropping august sun, and smiling back at him with reassurance, among other unguessed emotions. It isnt, however, partly because its more jamesian not to be. The line of beauty by alan hollinghurst the independent. From alan hollinghurst, the acclaimed author of the sparsholt affair, the line of beauty is a sweeping novel about class, sex, and money during four extraordinary years of change and tragedy. After that they browsed for a minute or two in a semidetached fashion. With an introduction by sebastian faulks winner of the man booker prize, the line of beauty is a classic novel about class, politics and sexuality in margaret thatchers 1980s britain.
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