The Folding Star
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The Folding Star
Narrated by:
Samuel West
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Samuel West
About this listen
Shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize.
'An extraordinary book which takes the reader into a world of obsession and mystery . . . The Folding Star is lit by insight and humour' – Evening Standard
Edward Manners – thirty three and disaffected – escapes to a Flemish city in search of a new life. Almost at once he falls in love with seventeen-year-old Luc, and is introduced to the twilight world of the 1890s Belgian painter Edgard Orst.
'As is typical of the best classics, he has fashioned a universal tale of sexual obsession, love and death out of a particular life' – Marie Claire
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Another Hollinghurst triumph
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I intensely love everything about it, so I was delighted to find that Samuel West's narration is absolutely pitch perfect. He portays the story and its protagonist beautifully. I've listened to the entire audiobook twice already. I cannot recommend it enough. I'm looking forward to hearing more of his narrations. I see he reads The Swimming Pool Library. It promises to be a treat.
Samuel West is a marvellous reader of Hollinghurst
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