7/2/2023 0 Comments A single man vintage isherwood![]() ![]() ![]() He has a long conversation with his student Kenny, a heterosexual ex-Marine who hero-worships George and insists on calling him “Sir”. Alienated from Jim’s family and resentful towards his neighbours who tolerate rather than accept his sexuality, George moves through his day in an existential funk, teaching a literature class at his college, using a Aldous Huxley novel to expound his views about society’s fear of outsiders. ![]() The novel follows a day in the life of George, a 58 year-old college professor, who is devastated by the sudden death of his long-term boyfriend Jim. In which I review A Single Man, Christopher Isherwood’s Californian-set 1964 novel about a middle-aged gay Englishman grieving after the sudden death of his long-term boyfriend. ![]()
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