Reviews
[A] masterpiece with a skillfully rendered social panorama, a Proustian alertness to social nuance and a stylistic precision that recalls [James]., In the tradition of Henry James, Hollinghurst has artfully crafted a piquant satire of privilege and sexuality in all its forms., Like reading gossip in beautifully made sentences with extraordinary insights into motive and nuance, allowing all the time for comedy., "A magnificent comedy of manners. Hollinghurst's alertness to the tiniest social and tonal shifts never slackens...[an] outstanding novel."-New York Times Book Review "If you value style, wit and social satire in your reading, don't miss this elegant and passionate novel."-Washington Post "His most tender and powerful novel to date." A -Entertainment Weekly "Each sentence in this book rings as perfect and true as a Schubert sonata."-Hartford Courant "The Line of Beauty is itself a thing of beauty-an elegant and seductive novel."-Philadelphia City Paper "It really is his finest novel to date."-Geoff Dyer "A rueful, snapshot-accurate portrait of this era."-Seattle Times "[A] masterpiece with a skillfully rendered social panorama, a Proustian alertness to social nuance and a stylistic precision that recalls [James]."-Newsday "The most exquisitely written book I've read in years. Witty observations about politics, society, and family open like little revelations on every page." -Christian Science Monitor "Almost perfectly written novel...This novel has the air of a classic."-Publishers Weekly, starred review "In the tradition of Henry James, Hollinghurst has artfully crafted a piquant satire of privilege and sexuality in all its forms."-Genre Magazine "The best English novel of the year so far is Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty."-Zadie Smith, Guardian (UK) "Like reading gossip in beautifully made sentences with extraordinary insights into motive and nuance, allowing all the time for comedy."-Colm Toibin, Guardian (UK), If you value style, wit and social satire in your reading, don't miss this elegant and passionate novel., Exquisitely Written...Its Delights and Rewards Extend Beyond Its Comic or Documentary Achievements., Luminous...a crafty, glittering, sidelong bid by a contemporary master of English prose to be considered heir to James himself., Vast scope... smart, funny, and for all its vividly engaging ways, a pretty sound document of the times, "A magnificent comedy of manners. Hollinghurst's alertness to the tiniest social and tonal shifts never slackens...[an] outstanding novel." -- New York Times Book Review "If you value style, wit and social satire in your reading, don't miss this elegant and passionate novel." -- Washington Post "His most tender and powerful novel to date. A." -- Entertainment Weekly "Each sentence in this book rings as perfect and true as a Schubert sonata." -- Hartford Courant "The Line of Beauty is itself a thing of beauty-an elegant and seductive novel." -- Philadelphia City Paper "It really is his finest novel to date." -- Geoff Dyer "A rueful, snapshot-accurate portrait of this era." -- Seattle Times "[A] masterpiece with a skillfully rendered social panorama, a Proustian alertness to social nuance and a stylistic precision that recalls [James]." -- Newsday "The most exquisitely written book I've read in years. Witty observations about politics, society, and family open like little revelations on every page." -- Christian Science Monitor "Almost perfectly written novel...This novel has the air of a classic." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review "In the tradition of Henry James, Hollinghurst has artfully crafted a piquant satire of privilege and sexuality in all its forms." -- Genre Magazine "The best English novel of the year so far is Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty." -- Zadie Smith, Guardian (UK) "Like reading gossip in beautifully made sentences with extraordinary insights into motive and nuance, allowing all the time for comedy." -- Colm Toibin, Guardian (UK), The most exquisitely written book I've read in years. Witty observations about politics, society, and family open like little revelations on every page., Must rank among the funniest [novels] ever written about Thatcher''s Britain, while remaining one of the most tragically sad, There is something memorable on every page...a shivering yet morally exacting satire that leaves no character untouched, Wonderful... almost unbelievably well-written. In its dazzling, very contemporary way, the book is tragic.But it is also consistently funny, Must rank among the funniest [novels] ever written about Thatcher's Britain, while remaining one of the most tragically sad, Hollinghurst writes harsh but deeply informed social satire, just as Proust did. He writes the best prose we have today., A magnificent comedy of manners. Hollinghurst's alertness to the tiniest social and tonal shifts never slackens...[an] outstanding novel., Wonderful... almost unbelievably well-written. In its dazzling, very contemporary way, the book is tragic…But it is also consistently funny, Wonderful... almost unbelievably well-written. In its dazzling, very contemporary way, the book is tragic...But it is also consistently funny, Hollinghurst proves to be one of the sharpest observers of privileged social groupings since Anthony Powell
