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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Vintage Books
Publication date September 1, 1989
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780679722564
ISBN-10 0679722564
Dimensions 0.75 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight 0.65 lbs.
Original list price $15.95
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
William Beckwith, a young gay aristocrat, moves through underground bars, bath houses, and cinemas, and into the world of old Africa hand Lord Nantwitch, a world of older traditions and hidden allegiances
Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780394570259
 
from Random House Inc (September 1, 1988)
9780394570259 | details & prices | List price $16.95
About: William Beckwith, a young gay aristocrat, moves through underground bars, bath houses, and cinemas, and into the world of old Africa hand, Lord Nantwitch, a world of older traditions and hidden allegiances
Paperback
Book cover for 9780099268130 Book cover for 9780679722564 Book cover for 9781784870317
 
from Vintage Uk (July 2, 2015); titled "The Swimming Pool Library"
9781784870317 | details & prices | 496 pages | List price $13.15
New edition from Vintage Uk (January 3, 1998)
9780099268130 | details & prices | 304 pages | 4.75 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $13.95
About: A tour de force: a darkly erotic work that centres on the friendship of William Beckwith, a young gay aristocrat who leads a life of privilege and promiscuity, and the elderly Lord Nantwich, who is searching for someone to write his biography.
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Reprint edition from Vintage Books (September 1, 1989)
9780679722564 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $15.95
About: William Beckwith, a young gay aristocrat, moves through underground bars, bath houses, and cinemas, and into the world of old Africa hand Lord Nantwitch, a world of older traditions and hidden allegiances
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9781491538036
 
With Samuel West (other contributor) | Mp3 una edition from Brilliance Audio (August 5, 2014)
9781491538036 | details & prices | 5.25 × 6.75 × 0.25 in. | 0.18 lbs | List price $14.99
About: A literary sensation and bestseller in both England and America, The Swimming-Pool Library is an enthralling, darkly erotic novel of gay life before the scourge of AIDS; an elegy, possessed of chilling clarity, for ways of life that can no longer be lived with total impunity.

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