On a snowy Christmas Eve in 1956, Mr. Page sits alone in his London flat and begins his memoirs in an attempt to elucidate the events that have changed his life. Spanning decades, he takes the reader through Turkish bath steam rooms and Mayfair dining rooms, from the seemingly ordinary world of his existence to the haunting, unsettling world of wealth and glamour inhabited by Mr. Clive. As Mr. Page puzzles through the contradictions of Mr. Clive's world, the novel pieces itself together, revisiting and rewriting itself as it goes, revealing more upon each retelling. Evocative and mesmerizing, The House on Brooke Street is both a confession of triumphant deceit and an elegy in honor of a lost love.
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Review:
Neil Bartlett's 1990 novel Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall is now a classic of modern gay writing. In that book, Bartlett's intelligence, wit, and imagination dazzled and seduced us. Now, in The House on Brooke Street he has again found ways to startle and surprise us. At first glance it is a love story between two London men that stretches over 30 years, but Brooke Street turns out to also be an examination of how history and sex, secrets and fantasy, merge to form the basis of what we call everyday life. Bartlett is that rare find: a brilliant writer who is interested in the life of the body as well as the mind.
About the Author:
Neil Bartlett is the artistic director of the Lyric Theatre in London. His works include the music-theatre piece Sarrasine, which received rave reviews on tour in New York. He is also the author of Who Was that Man?, a biography of Oscar Wilde. He lives in London, England.
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- PublisherPlume
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0452277817
- ISBN 13 9780452277816
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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