{"product_id":"9781784870317","title":"The Swimming-Pool Library","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Alan Hollinghurst\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 July 2015 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 432 pages\u003cbr\u003e203 x 133 x 27mm | 300g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung, gay, William Beckwith spends his time, and his trust fund, idly cruising London for erotic encounters. When he saves the life of an elderly man in a public convenience an unlikely job opportunity presents itself - the man, Lord Nantwich, is seeking a biographer. Will agrees to take a look at Nantwich’s diaries. But in the story he unravels, a tragedy of twentieth-century gay repression, lurk bitter truths about Will’s own privileged existence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alan Hollinghurst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64839466680669,"sku":"9781784870317","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9781784870317.jpg?v=1780058876","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9781784870317","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}