Pursuing his separate goals of becoming a published writer and to come out of the closet, Martin Bauman, an insecure, talented student at a prestigious college, finds his life irrevocably altered by his teacher, Stanley Flint, as he discovers that his every achievement in life is shaped and haunted by his legedary mentor, in an incisive, multilayered novel of literary and sexual mores.
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About the Author:
David Leavitt's first collection of stories, Family Dancing, was published when he was just twenty-three and was a finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN/Faulkner Prize. The Lost Language of Cranes was made into a BBC film, and While England Sleeps was short-listed for the Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize. With Mark Mitchell, he coedited The Penguin Book of Short Stories, Pages Passed from Hand to Hand, and cowrote Italian Pleasures. Leavitt is a recipient of fellowships from both the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He divides his time between Italy and Florida.
Synopsis:
Pursuing his separate goals of becoming a published writer and to come out of the closet, Martin Bauman, an insecure, talented student at a prestigious college, discovers that his every achievement is shaped and haunted by his legendary mentor.
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- PublisherHoughton Mifflin (Trade)
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0395902436
- ISBN 13 9780395902431
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages352
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