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Book Description
A literary sensation and bestseller both in England and America, The Swimming-Pool Library is an enthralling, darkly erotic novel of homosexuality before the scourge of AIDS; an elegy, possessed of chilling clarity, for ways of life that can no longer be lived with impunity. "Impeccably composed andContinue
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Writing about sex tends to go wrong in one of two related ways. The first is through embarrassment or over-excitement on the part of the author: overly rhapsodic descriptions of sex, in particular, tend to cause feelings of unease (Lawrence, Mailer). ... (read full critics)
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- English Books
- Paperback 352 Pages
- Edition: Reprint
- ISBN-10: 0679722564
- ISBN-13: 9780679722564
- Publisher: Vintage
- Pub date: Sep 19, 1989
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover, Others and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780679722564 | Paperback | $14.95 | $12.78 | bn.com |
| $15.95 | $11.79 | The Book Depository | ||
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