If you're captivated by narratives that beautifully intertwine personal awakenings with the pulse of a political era, "The Line of Beauty" could be your next favorite read. You'll traverse the complexities of 1980s Britain through Nick Guest's eyes, whose journey is as much about exploring his identity as it is an incisive critique of the times – all penned with Hollinghurst's elegant prose that won the Booker Prize. This novel isn't just a story; it's a vivid tableau of a pivotal moment in history.

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• Booker Prize (2004)
• Stonewall Book Award Nominee for Literature (2005)
• Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction (2004)
• National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2004)

It is the summer of 1983, and young Nick Guest, an innocent in matters of politics and money, has moved into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: Gerald, an ambitious new Tory MP, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their children, Toby and Catherine.As the boom years of the mid-80s unfold, Nick becomes caught up in the Feddens' world, while also pursuing his own private obsession, with beauty - a prize as compelling to him as power and riches are to his friends. An early affair with a young black council worker gives him his first experience of romance; but it is a later affair, with a beautiful millionaire, that brings into question the larger fantasies of a ruthless decade.(back cover)

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