The Swimming Pool Library - Alan Hollinghurst • BookLikes (ISBN:0140116109)

The Swimming Pool Library

by: Alan Hollinghurst (author)

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Paperback (cover different from first one shown)slight edge wear by Alan Hollinghurst-Pub:-Penguin 1st ed 1998-presents 288 slightly age toned pages..The first major novel in Britain to put gay life in its modern place & context-Book condition:-good tight copy.

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ISBN: 9780140116106 (0140116109)

Edition language: English

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