The charioteer
By: Mary Renault
Publisher: Charnwood
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 533
ISBN-13: 9781444821703
Subjects: Veterans; Conscientious objectors; World War, 1939-1945; Gay men; Fiction
Description: "Injured at Dunkirk, Laurie Odell is recovering at a rural veterans' hospital when he meets Andrew, a conscientious objector serving as an orderly. The men find solace in their covert friendship. Then Ralph Lanyon, a mentor from Laurie's school days, appears. Through him, Laurie is drawn into a circle of gay men for whom liaisons are fleeting, and he is forced to choose between the ideals of a perfect friendship and the pleasures of experience.
Notes: Originally published: London: Longmans, Green, 1953.