{"product_id":"9781582346106","title":"The Line of Beauty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"One can't get enough of Hollinghurst's sentences...If you value style, wit, and social satire in your reading, don't miss this elegant and passionate novel.\"-\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWinner of 2004's Man Booker Prize for fiction and one of the most talked about books of the year, \u003ci\u003eThe Line of Beauty \u003c\/i\u003eis a sweeping novel about class, sex, and money that brings Thatcher's London alive. Nick Guest has moved in with the Feddens, a family whose patriarch is a conservative member of parliament. An innocent in matters of politics and money, Nick becomes caught up in the Feddens' world of parties and excess, as well as in his own private pursuit of beauty. Framed by the two general elections that returned Margaret Thatcher to power, \u003ci\u003eThe Line of Beauty \u003c\/i\u003eunfurls through four extraordinary years of change and tragedy. \u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller (Extended) • A \u003ci\u003eLA Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller List • A Book Sense National Bestseller • A Northern California Bestseller • A \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller List • A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of the Year \u003cbr\u003eAnd chosen as one of the best books of 2004 by: \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e • Salon.com • \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eThe New York Sun \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News \u003c\/i\u003e• \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"A magnificent comedy of manners. Hollinghurst's alertness to the tiniest social and tonal shifts never slackens, and positively luxuriates in a number of unimprovably droll set pieces...[an] outstanding novel.\"-\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Hollinghurst has placed his gay protagonist within a larger social context, and the result is his most tender and powerful novel to date, a sprawling and haunting elegy to the 1980s. A\"-\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Mr. Hollinghurst's great gift as a novelist is for social satire as sharp and tra\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047991230704,"sku":"9781582346106","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781582346106_p0.jpg?v=1763800287","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781582346106","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}