A single man
by Christopher Isherwood
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Classic fiction. The best prose writer in English' Gore Vidal Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, A Single Man is the story of George Falconer, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover Jim. With devastating clarity and humour, Christopher Isherwood shows George's determination to carry on, evoking the unexpected pleasures of life as well as the soul's ability to triumph over loneliness and alienation.
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Fiction, Gay men, Loss (Psychology), Grief, Middle-aged men, Fiction in English, Gay college teachers, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Gay men, fiction, Fiction, psychological, Skönlitteratur, Middle-aged gay men, Homosexuella män, LGBTQ novels before Stonewall, Gay teachersShowing 5 featured editions. View all 23 editions?
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Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 1964.
Barbara Grier and Donna McBride collection.
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