The Line of Beauty
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The Line of Beauty

by Alan Hollinghurst

2004•Drama•501 pages

Taste attributes: dramagay/lesbianpoliticalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipsocial commentaryself destruction/implosion

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Boxlist takeA contained novel that is heavy, emotional and unsavoury. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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3.8 / 5

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About This Book

It is the summer of 1983, and twenty-year-old Nick Guest has moved into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: conservative Member of Parliament Gerald, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their two children, Toby--whom Nick had idolized at Oxford--and Catherine, highly critical of her family's assumptions and ambitions, who becomes both a friend to Nick and his uneasy responsibility.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaGay/lesbianPoliticalComplex relationshipSocial commentarySelf destruction/implosion

Subjects

LGBTQ novelsComing of ageDomestic fictionPsychological fictionMale friendshipGay menHomosexuels masculinsLegislators

Details

Author
Alan Hollinghurst
Published
2004
Pages
501
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