The Sparsholt Affair

By Alan Hollinghurst

Book Overview

In 1940, the handsome, athletic, and charismatic David Sparsholt arrives at Oxford University to study engineering, unaware of his effect on others--especially on Evert Dax, the lonely son of a celebrated novelist who is destined to become a writer himself. Spanning three generations, The Sparsholt Affair plumbs the ways the friendship between these two men will influence their lives--and the lives of others'--for decades to come. Richly observed and emotionally charged, this is a dazzling novel of fathers and sons, of family and legacy, and of the longing for permanence amid life's inevitable transience.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101873086
• ISBN13: 9781101873083
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 8.0"