Alan Hollinghurst
Praise for The Swimming-Pool Library
The first major novel in Britain to put gay life in its modern place and context... A historic novel and historic début
Guardian
Deserves first prize in every category... superbly written, wildly funny
Daily Telegraph
The tautness and energy of Alan Hollinghurst's novel derive from its ambiguous status a it shimmers somewhere between pastoral romance and sulphurous confession, between an affectionate and credible rendering of con ...
Sunday Times
The first major novel in Britain to put gay life in its modern place and context... A historic novel and historic début
Guardian
Deserves first prize in every category... superbly written, wildly funny
Daily Telegraph
The tautness and energy of Alan Hollinghurst's novel derive from its ambiguous status a it shimmers somewhere between pastoral romance and sulphurous confession, between an affectionate and credible rendering of con ...
Sunday Times
The first major novel in Britain to put gay life in its modern place and context... A historic novel and historic début
Guardian
Deserves first prize in every category... superbly written, wildly funny
Daily Telegraph
The tautness and energy of Alan Hollinghurst's novel derive from its ambiguous status a it shimmers somewhere between pastoral romance and sulphurous confession, between an affectionate and credible rendering of con ...
Sunday Times