Giovanni'S Room Av James Baldwin

<p><b>Baldwin''s ground-breaking second novel</b><b>, which established</b><b> him </b><b>as</b><b> one of the great American writers of his time</b><br><br><b>''Audacious... remarkable... elegant and courageous'' Caryl Phillips</b><br><br>David, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fiancée to return from vacation in Spain. But when he meets Giovanni, a handsome Italian barman, the two men are drawn into an intense affair. After three months David''s fiancée returns and, denying who he is, he rejects Giovanni for a ''safe'' future as a married man. It is a decision that will bring tragedy.<br><br>''Exquisite, a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative daring'' <i>Guardian</i><br><br>''Gorgeous, fearless, tempered by dark knowledge and pain ... the greatest American prose stylist of his generation'' Colm Tóibín<br><br>''A layered exploration of queer desire ... It is electric'' Hilton Als</p>