A Room in Chelsea Square

by Michael Nelson

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' Nelson's] style is swift and straightforward, his narrative gift considerable ... Consistently diverting, this may be the novel about homosexuality to end all novels on the subject .. . W]ill make many a reader's day.' - Julian MacLaren-Ross, "Punch" 'Talented, amusing ... the story is told with sustained suspense: the various men in it are not merely types, but flesh and blood, even if one wishes that Patrick had never been born.' - John Betjeman, "Daily Telegraph" 'Odiously funny and show more delightf show less

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Oh my my…. how times have changed! There's absolutely no sex in this story, but unless you have spent the last 25 years of your life in a convent you will surely recognize the “INTENT”. Take lots and lots and lots of fancy presents being bought by two rich old men for the cute young men they think are just waiting for them to “buy”… add the lure of job offers that most people at that time would have killed for…. throw in a fancy suite in the best hotel in the entire country…and you can figure out…probably faster than Nicholas did…exactly what these “two old sugar daddies” were after. I really didn’t understand some of it. I think it was the case of “two countries speaking the same language but with different show more meanings in so many different ways” syndrome. I also didn’t like any of the characters… not even a little bit. The entire story just felt too “dated”...for lack of a better word. show less

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Original publication date
1958

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Fiction and Literature, LGBTQ+, General Fiction
DDC/MDS
823.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991945-1999
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PR6064 .E53Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1961-2000
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