Book description
'An extraordinary book which takes the reader into a world of obsession and mystery...The Folding Star is lit by insight and humour' Evening Standard
Edward Manners - thirty three and disaffected - escapes to a Flemish city in search of a new life. Almost at once he falls in love…
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1 author picked The Folding Star as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Alan Hollinghurst is a master storyteller, a virtuoso of arch wit and human observation; a tale of sexual longing in faraway Flanders is, under his expert hand, also transformed into a veritable comedic farce and also a tragedy of heartbreaking proportions.
Anyone who knows Death in Venice will greatly appreciate this novel; the fact that Hollinghurst later won the Book Prize for another effort should only speed up their search for his stuff.
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