' Call Me By Your Name meets Evelyn Waugh in a gorgeous novel about the generations-long
aftershocks of a youthful tryst' - Esquire From the winner of the Man Booker Prize a
masterly novel that spans seven transformative decades as it plumbs the complex relationships
of a remarkable family. In October 1940 the handsome young David Sparsholt arrives in
Oxford. A keen athlete and oarsman he at first seems unaware of the effect he has on others -
particularly on the lonely and romantic Evert Dax son of a celebrated novelist and destined to
become a writer himself. While the Blitz rages in London Oxford exists at a strange remove: an
ephemeral uncertain place in which nightly blackouts conceal secret liaisons. Over the course
of one momentous term David and Evert forge an unlikely friendship that will colour their
lives for decades to come . . . Alan Hollinghurst's sweeping novel evokes the intimate
relationships of a group of friends bound together by art literature and love across three
generations. It explores the social and sexual revolutions of the most pivotal years of the
past century whose life-changing consequences are still being played out to this day. Richly
observed disarmingly witty and emotionally charged The Sparsholt Affair is an unmissable
achievement from one of our finest writers. Part of the Picador Collection a series
showcasing the best of modern literature. 'Startling radical embedded in tradition but
entirely new' - Guardian 'A master storyteller' - John Banville Pre-order the new novel from
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