- Fiction, Death, Homosexuality, Gay men
Hal's summer affair with Barry Goldman ends tragically when Hal discovers he is much more committed to the relationship than his friend.
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Grave, earnest, spare and intimate.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Aidan Chambers
- First published
- 1982
- Pages
- 251
- Publisher
- Penguin, RED FOX, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- Italian, English
- ISBN
- 9788817024259
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About Aidan Chambers · 1934–2025
British playwright and children's author who won a number of awards, including the 2002 Hans Christian Andersen Award.
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