Giovanni's Room

A beautiful new Clothbound edition of Baldwin''s ground-breaking novel, which established him as one of the great American writers of his time. David, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fiancée to return from vacation in Spain. But when he meets Giovanni, a handsome Italian barman, the two men are drawn into an intense affair. After three months David''s fiancée returns and, denying his sexuality, he rejects Giovanni for a ''safe'' future as a married man - a decision that will bring tragedy, longing and regret. ''Audacious... remarkable... elegant and courageous'' - Caryl Phillips ''Exquisite, a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative daring'' - Guardian ''Gorgeous, fearless, tempered by dark knowledge and pain... the greatest American prose stylist of his generation'' - Colm Tóibín ''A layered exploration of queer desire... It is electric'' - Hilton Als