The line of beauty : a novel /
20-year-old Nick Guest moves into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens. An innocent in matters of politics and money, he becomes caught up in the Feddins' world: its grand parties, its surprising alliances, its parade of monsters both comic and menacing. In an era of endless po...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bloomsbury,
2004.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| Summary: | 20-year-old Nick Guest moves into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens. An innocent in matters of politics and money, he becomes caught up in the Feddins' world: its grand parties, its surprising alliances, its parade of monsters both comic and menacing. In an era of endless possibility, he finds himself able to pursue his own private obssession with beauty--a prize as compelling to him as power and riches are to his friends. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy is signed by the author. |
| Physical Description: | 438 pages ; 25 cm |
| Awards: | Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 2004. |
| ISBN: | 1582345082 9781582345086 1582346100 9781582346106 |