num_pages: 158
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, and determines to persist in the routines of his daily the course of A Single Man spans twenty-four hours in an ordinary day. 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.
language: English
title: A Single Man
titlecomplete: A Single Man
characters: Charley, George Falconer, Kenny Potter, Jim
genres: Literary Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Novels, 20th Century, British Literature, Gay, Queer, LGBT, Classics
ratings_count: 31965
places: Los Angeles, California, California
publisher: Simon & Schuster