Praise for Alan Hollinghurst's The Folding Star

"The Folding Star moves beyond provincial gay territory to the full-fledged European novel."—New Yorker

"Splendidly evokes the airless, achy melancholy set off by unrequited love in a story as laden with emotion as it is shaped by artistry . . . In beautifully shaped prose, it describes both joyless sex and tender longing. This admixture left me awed."—Newsday

"His fluid prose, with its dense accruing of detail and richly allusive quality, is that of an early modern writer. Hollinghurst is closer to Mann or Nabokov than to his contemporaries . . . The Folding Star examines the universal tragedy of human desire, never satisfied, only extinguished by death."—Boston Globe

"Splendid . . . Alan Hollinghurst is a writer of unusual talent and—with just two novels to his name—of striking achievement." —Washington Post Book World

"As richly imagined and densely textured as The Swimming-Pool Library . . . The sheer beauty of Hollinghurst's writing and the rare sophistication of his imagination raise this disturbing creation to stellar heights."—Out magazine

"Hollinghurst's language is a delight . . . As vital as it is unruly, The Folding Star shines bright."—Chicago Tribune