Fave Five: Adult Fiction Set in the 1980s
Fave Five: Adult Fiction Set in the 1980s
My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson (NYC)
Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski (Poland)
No Other World by Rahul Mehta (US, India)
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst (London)
Jobs for Girls With Artistic Flair by June Gervais (Long Island)
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“As so often he had the feeling that an artistic disagreement, almost immaterial to the other person, was going to be the vehicle of something that mattered to him more than he could say.”
Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty
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Nick knew he would never see the picture again, and found it hard to put it back on the table. It gleamed in the rainy light as an emblem of why he'd come here. It wasn't clear with Toby, any more than with Leo and Wani, if fantasy could hold back time, if this sleek second-year with his sportsman's legs and marvellous arse could still excite him when he knew the fat Toby of five years on. Well, not in the mind, perhaps, but in an image, a photo: it took a certain aesthetic nerve to fly in the face of the facts. He did something silly and solemn, and left on the glass the light, blurred imprint of his lips and the tip of his nose.
Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty
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Once upon a time, in 2006… Simon Gould and Rebecca Fox were… oops! 🫣
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people need to understand that once you go through your worst time alone, you really don’t care who stays in your life anymore.
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Alan Hollinghurst - The Line of Beauty
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Grāmatai sākoties, tās galvenais varonis Nick Guest ir jauns un par sevi ne pārlieku pašpārliecināts 20 gadīgs jauneklis, kurš nesen ievācies pie kursabiedra Tobija viņa vecāku un tēva politiķa Gerald Feddens mājās. Turklāt ne vienkārši uz kakla esošs viesis, bet pilna mēra īrnieks ar maksu (vismaz simbolisku). Vienīgais,…
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I get my media recommendations the old fashioned way: by watching someone I follow on here go on an unhinged reblog spree of media related content until I eventually decide to go "alright, what's all this then"
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WITH MY WIZARDING POWERS 🧙♂️💫 AND MY ABSOLUTELY FUCKED VAN 🚗💥
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Jaw Dropper of the Day: Skyler Simpson
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