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

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