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 ...
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 ...
...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 ...
Advantages: Graphic, extremely humerous, sexy, there is a plot even Disadvantages: None
...it: It looked intriguing, the title alone caught my eye and I enjoy a ‘whodunit’ type murder mystery but also like a bit of sexual shenanigans thrown in to liven things up a bit. It seemed the ideal read. I have been off work ill of late ...
Advantages: Very good characterisation Disadvantages: Unmemorable
...It has been some time since I read this novel but the one thing that stuck with me was the overall mood of the book. It was awkward, you felt almost nervous reading it, and the plot was so indistinct I can only remember snippets, something about a party a ...
