The Sparsholt Affair

The Sparsholt Affair

â€œCall Me By Your NameÂ meets Evelyn Waugh in a gorgeous novel about the generations-long aftershocks of a youthful tryst.â€Â â€”Esquire

From the winner of the Man Booker Prize, a masterly novel that spans seven transformative decades as it plumbs the complex relationships of a remarkable family.
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In 1940, David Sparsholt arrives at Oxford to study engineering, though his sights are set on joining the Royal Air Force. Handsome, athletic, charismatic, he is unaware of his powerful effect on othersâ€”especially on Evert Dax, the lonely and romantic son of a celebrated novelist who is destined to become a writer himself. With the world at war, and the Blitz raging in London, Oxford exists at a strange remove: a place of fleeting beauty, of secret liaisons under the cover of blackouts. A friendship develops between David and Evert that will influence their lives for decades to come.
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Alan Hollinghurst's sweeping new novel evokes across three generations the intimate relationships of a group of friends brought together by art, literature, and love. Â We witness shifts in taste and morality through a series of vividly rendered episodes: a Sparsholt holiday in Cornwall; eccentric gatherings at the Dax family home; the adventures of David's son Johnny, a painter in 1970s London. Richly observed, emotionally charged, this dazzling novel of fathers and sons, of family and legacy, explores the social and sexual revolutions of the past century, even as it takes us straight to the heart of our current age.
Country USA
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 1101874562
ReleaseDate 2018-03-13
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9781101874561

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	1101874562
ReleaseDate	2018-03-13
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9781101874561

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