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Isherwood's short, poignant novel is a tender and wistful love story

Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, A Single Man is the story of George, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover, Jim.



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The best prose writer in English * Gore Vidal *
A virtuoso piece of work...courageous...powerful * Sunday Times *
His key post-war work. A quarter-century ahead of its time in its portrayal of a quotidian homosexual life, it inspired a generation of gay writers in Britain and the US * Independent *
Lyrical and intensely moving * Daily Telegraph *
A testimony to Isherwood's undiminished brilliance as a novelist * Anthony Burgess *

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      Publisher: Vintage Publishing
      Publication Date: 04/02/2010
      ISBN13: 9780099541288, 978-0099541288
      ISBN10: 0099541289
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Isherwood's short, poignant novel is a tender and wistful love story

      Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, A Single Man is the story of George, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover, Jim.



      Trade Review
      The best prose writer in English * Gore Vidal *
      A virtuoso piece of work...courageous...powerful * Sunday Times *
      His key post-war work. A quarter-century ahead of its time in its portrayal of a quotidian homosexual life, it inspired a generation of gay writers in Britain and the US * Independent *
      Lyrical and intensely moving * Daily Telegraph *
      A testimony to Isherwood's undiminished brilliance as a novelist * Anthony Burgess *

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