num_pages: 186
description: "When A Single Man was originally published, it shocked many by its frank, sympathetic, and moving portrayal of a gay man in midlife. George, the protagonist, is adjusting to life on his own after the sudden death of his partner, determined to persist in the routines of his daily life. An Englishman and a professor living in suburban Southern California, he is an outsider in every way, and his internal reflections and interactions with others reveal a man who loves being alive despite everyday injustices and loneliness. Wry, suddenly manic, constantly funny, surprisingly sad, this novel catches the texture of life itself."--BOOK JACKET.
language: English
title: A Single Man
titlecomplete: A Single Man
characters: George Falconer, Kenny Potter, Jim, Charley
genres: 20th Century, Literary Fiction, LGBT, Novels, Gay, Queer, Literature, Classics, British Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 31937
places: Los Angeles, California, California
publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux