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      A Single Man

      by Christopher Isherwood
      Published
      Aug 1996
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      186
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      When Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man first appeared, it shocked many with its frank, sympathetic, and moving portrayal of a gay man in maturity. Isherwood's favorite of his own novels, it now stands as a classic lyric meditation on life as an outsider.

      Welcome to sunny suburban 1960s Southern California. George is a gay middle-aged English professor, adjusting to solitude after the tragic death of his young partner. He is determined to persist in the routines of his former life. A Single Man follows him over the course of an ordinary twenty-four hours. Behind his British reserve, tides of grief, rage, and loneliness surge—but what is revealed is a man who loves being alive despite all the everyday injustices.

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      LGBTQ

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      First Edition Aug 1996 Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN13 9780374520380 ISBN10 0374520380
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