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Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, this title presents a story of a fated love triangle that explores the conflicts between desire, conventional morality and sexual identity.

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If Van Gogh was our 19th-century artist-saint, James Baldwin is our 20th-century one -- Michael Ondaatje
Baldwin writes of these matters with unusual candour and yet with such dignity and intensity * The New York Times *
Audacious... remarkable... elegant and courageous -- Caryl Phillips
Baldwin, in this novel, made clear that he could work wonders with the light and shade of intimacy -- Colm Tóibín * The New Yorker *
Startling... This is Mr. Baldwin's subject, the rareness and difficulty of love -- Granville Hicks

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A Paperback / softback by James Baldwin, Caryl Phillips

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    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 04/10/2001
    ISBN13: 9780141186351, 978-0141186351
    ISBN10: 0141186356
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, this title presents a story of a fated love triangle that explores the conflicts between desire, conventional morality and sexual identity.

    Trade Review
    If Van Gogh was our 19th-century artist-saint, James Baldwin is our 20th-century one -- Michael Ondaatje
    Baldwin writes of these matters with unusual candour and yet with such dignity and intensity * The New York Times *
    Audacious... remarkable... elegant and courageous -- Caryl Phillips
    Baldwin, in this novel, made clear that he could work wonders with the light and shade of intimacy -- Colm Tóibín * The New Yorker *
    Startling... This is Mr. Baldwin's subject, the rareness and difficulty of love -- Granville Hicks

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