The charioteer : a novel
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 2003.
Edition
First Vintage Books edition.
Physical Desc
347 pages ; 21 cm
Status
San Luis Obispo Library - Adult Fiction
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1 available
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 2003.
Format
Book
Edition
First Vintage Books edition.
Language
English
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After enduring an injury at Dunkirk during World War II, Laurie Odell is sent to a rural veterans’ hospital in England to convalesce. There he befriends the young, bright Andrew, a conscientious objector serving as an orderly. As they find solace and companionship together in the idyllic surroundings of the hospital, their friendship blooms into a discreet, chaste romance. Then one day, Ralph Lanyon, a mentor from Laurie’s schoolboy days, suddenly reappears in Laurie’s life, and draws him into a tight-knit social circle of world-weary gay men. Laurie is forced to choose between the sweet ideals of innocence and the distinct pleasures of experience.
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