| Gay & Lesbian Books (418)
Are you searching everywhere for some books? Well in this category we have lots of gay and lesbian books to keep you busy reading. Some of the well known authors we have in this category include Edmund White, Alan Hollinghurst and Susie Bright among much more gay and lesbian books. There are really lots of books by top[...]
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Mixed Feelings
Advantages: Thought-provoking, delightful writing style Disadvantages: Hard-going, slow-moving
Focusing on an episode in the life of Edward Manners in which he emigrates to a Belgian city (unnamed in the text) to tutor students of English, The Folding Star examines the natures of love, lust and obsession. Marketed as a 'gay novel', the novel's num ...
a9robert 07.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Folding Star - Alan Hollinghurst
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Good Read
Advantages: Interestingly diverse Disadvantages: Heavy going in places
After reading The Swimming Pool Library I thought I would try another by the same author........Although I did not enjoy this one quite as much, non the less it is definitely a good read. It is based around Edward Manners who escapes England to go and li ...
robertedgerton 16.07.2000 · Read full review
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Review of The Folding Star - Alan Hollinghurst
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darkly intriguing
Advantages: beautifully descriptive Disadvantages: incredibly slow paced
...i chose to read this book before the swimming pool library. whilst the folding star is certainly a slow paced book it is laced with side stories of pain & death starkly mirrored by the hopes of youth, the graphic depictions of gay sex may be quite strong ...
mrandys 23.07.2010 · Read full review
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Review of The Folding Star - Alan Hollinghurst
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SPIRITED WRITING.
Advantages: Superb writer that startled me in a wonderful way. Disadvantages: None at all.
I have to admit when I bought this book, I did so based on the picture on the cover, as I did not have my glasses with me. Sounds silly, doesn't it, although relevant to my review of this book since, had I read the descriptions of other works given by the ...
thingywhatsit 18.05.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Affinity - Sarah Waters
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Affinity an excellent work...
Advantages: Gripping, makes you want to believe it... Disadvantages: Sense of let down at end of book (could also be seen as good)
As a literature student, I groaned at the thickness of another book I had to read within a week, on my modern novels course last year. However, when I started to read this book I was really surprised & started to get into it really quickly. The story foll ...
angelfacecuti75 05.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Affinity - Sarah Waters
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