Bibliograph

The stranger's child, Alan Hollinghurst

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The stranger's child, Alan Hollinghurst

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The stranger's child

Oclc number

773021791

Responsibility statement

Alan Hollinghurst

Summary

"In the summer of 1913, George Sawle brings his Cambridge schoolmate--a handsome, aristocratic young poet named Cecil Valance--to his family's home outside London. George is enthralled by Cecil, and soon his sister, Daphne, is equally besotted by him. During his visit, Cecil writes a poem that, after he is killed in the Great War, will go on to become a touchstone for a generation, a work recited by every schoolchild in England. Over time, a tragic love story is spun, even as other secrets lie buried--until, decades later, an ambitious biographer threatens to unearth them"--Publisher

Target audience

adult

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