• Alan Hollinghurst: Coming of age in Britain and writing through the gay gaze

  • Nov 6 2024
  • Length: 36 mins
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Alan Hollinghurst: Coming of age in Britain and writing through the gay gaze

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  • When Alan Hollinghurt's novel The Line of Beauty won the Booker Prize in 2004, it was the first time a book about the gay experience won the award. Now his newest novel, Our Evenings, puts a biracial boy who’s discovering queer culture for the first time at the front and centre. Alan and Mattea Roach discuss how growing up gay in Britain inspires his writing.
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