A Single Man

Author(s): Christopher Isherwood

FICTION | LGBTI

Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, A Single Man is the story of George Falconer, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover Jim. With devastating clarity and humour, Christopher Isherwood shows George's determination to carry on, evoking the unexpected pleasures of life as well as the soul's ability to triumph over loneliness and alienation. 

'The best prose writer in English' - Gore Vidal.

'A virtuoso piece of work...courageous...powerful' - Sunday Times.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780099541288
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : July 2010
  • : January 2018
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Christopher Isherwood
  • : Paperback
  • : 810
  • : 160