Three novellas of escape and exile, touching and funny and at times calculatedly outrageous, by David Leavitt, "writing with subtlety, maturity and compassion about the complexity and fragility of human relationships" ("Los Angeles Times Book Review").
Three novellas of escape and exile, touching and funny and at times calculatedly outrageous, by David Leavitt, "writing with subtlety, maturity and co...
At the age of 18, Paul Porterfield dreams of playing piano at the world's great concert halls, yet the closest he's come has been to turn pages for his idol, Richard Kennington, a former prodigy who is entering middle age.
At the age of 18, Paul Porterfield dreams of playing piano at the world's great concert halls, yet the closest he's come has been to turn pages for hi...
Leavitt's sharp novel is a multilayered dissection of literary and sexual mores in the get-ahead 80s. Talented freshman Martin Bauman, 19, wins a place under the tutelage of the legendary Stanley Flint, a man who makes or breaks careers with the flick of a weary hand.
Leavitt's sharp novel is a multilayered dissection of literary and sexual mores in the get-ahead 80s. Talented freshman Martin Bauman, 19, wins a plac...
