{"product_id":"the-swimming-pool-library-alan-hollinghurst-9780679722564","title":"The Swimming-Pool Library: A Novel (Lambda Literary Award)","description":"The dazzling first novel from the best-selling, Booker Prize-Winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Line of Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sparsholt Affair\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An enthralling, darkly erotic novel of homosexuality before the scourge of AIDS; an elegy, possessed of chilling clarity, for ways of life that can no longer be lived with impunity. \u003ci\u003eThe Swimming-Pool Library\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the friendship of two men: William Beckwith, a young gay aristocrat who leads a life of privilege and promiscuity, and Lord Nantwich, an elderly man searching for someone to write his biography and inherit his traditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Hollinghurst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679722564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679722564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.23w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Winner","brand":"Alan Hollinghurst","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044387680511,"sku":"9780679722564","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5e81b801-375f-49bd-bfe6-12ce8186c394.jpg?v=1684972564","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-swimming-pool-library-alan-hollinghurst-9780679722564","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}