The Page Turner
$52.49
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
3 July 1999
Summary
At eighteen, Paul Porterfield aspires to play the piano at the world’s great concert halls. So far the closest he has come has been to turn pages of sheet music for his idol, the dashing, temperamental Richard Kennington, a former piano prodigy on the cusp of middle age.
Months later, while on holiday with his mother in Italy, Paul encounters Richard a second time. Their earlier attraction develops into an intense affair. As the innocence of first love becomes en…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349109527 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349109524 |
| Author: | David Leavitt |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 3 July 1999 |
| Weight: | 186g |
| Dimensions: | 130mm x 200mm x 18mm |
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Shrewdly insightful … Leavitt’s deceptively easy style covers a lot of ground with seemingly little effort
A beautifully written, elegant story … perfect - TIME OUT
Gripping … Leavitt has always been an erotic and erudite writer but in THE PAGE TURNER his elegance has acquired a greater emotional depth. Bravo - EVENING STANDARDShrewdly insightful … Leavitt’s deceptively easy style covers a lot of ground with seemingly little effort - GAY TIMESMoving and thought-provoking - LITERARY REVIEWBeautiful - ATTITUDEPleasurable, orderly, sophisticated - and as readable as its punning title signifies - IndependentAbout The Author
David Leavitt
David Leavitt has written several highly acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction, including THE LOST LANGUAGE OF CRANES, which was made into a BBC film. His recently published collection of novellas, ARKANSAS, was hailed by the INDEPENDENT as ‘a literary triumph’.
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