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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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14 editions · 2 languages- Paperback · English · 2013Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 192 pages · 9780374533878
- Other · English · 2019Single ManPicador · 240 pages · 9781250239372
- Other · English · 2013Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 192 pages · 9781466853348
- Other · English · 2010Vintage · 152 pages · 9780099541288
- Other · English · 2001University of Minnesota Press · 9780816638628
- Other · English · 1991Minerva · 158 pages · 9780749399009
FictionGay menLoss (Psychology)GriefMiddle-aged menFiction in EnglishGay college teachersFiction, general
