The Humble Lover - Paperback
by Edmund White
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury PublishingISBN-13:9781639735273ISBN-10:1639735275UPC:9781639735273Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, LGBTQ+Book Topic:GaySize:7.60 x 5.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6Product ID:SCGY0KT6JQ
A wildly hilarious and irreverent novel about a rich octogenarian and the young ballerino he covets-Edmund White at his funniest and most unrestrained.
Aldwych West, an eighty-year-old modern-day aristocrat living alone in his Manhattan townhouse, is used to having what he wants. And when he sets eyes on August Dupond, a strong, stunningly beautiful soloist in the New York City Ballet, he decides he must have him. Soon they strike up a closeness that falls between the blurry lines of friendship, sponsorship, and love, and August moves in with Aldwych. But eventually August starts bringing home other men, and a formidable woman in Aldwych's circle named Ernestine also takes a deep interest in the young, enchanting star. Messy entanglements and fierce rivalries ensue, and the result is an unforgettable, outrageous tragicomedy that explores the many layers of love and sexual desire as only Edmund White can.Languages:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury PublishingISBN-13:9781639735273ISBN-10:1639735275UPC:9781639735273Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, LGBTQ+Book Topic:GaySize:7.60 x 5.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6Product ID:SCGY0KT6JQ
Edmund White is the author of many novels, including A Boy's Own Story, The Beautiful Room Is Empty, The Farewell Symphony, and A Previous Life. His nonfiction includes City Boy, Inside a Pearl, The Unpunished Vice, and other memoirs; The Fl?neur, about Paris; and literary biographies and essays. He was named the 2018 winner of the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction and received the 2019 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation. He lives in New York.
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