The Swimming-Pool LibraryAlan HollinghurstLabel: Vintage ClassicsDescription: Young gay William Beckwith spends his time and his trust fund idly cruising London for erotic encounters. When he saves the life of an elderly man in a public convenience an unlikely job opportunity presents itself - the man Lord Nantwich is seeking a biographer. Will agrees to take a look at Nantwich’s diaries. But in the story he unravels a tragedy of twentieth-century gay repression lurk bitter truths about Will’s own privileged existence.
