A Single Man

Author(s): Christopher Isherwood

Classics | LGBTQIA

Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication, A Single Man is the story of George Falconer, an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover Jim. With devastating clarity and humour, Christopher Isherwood shows George's determination to carry on, evoking the unexpected pleasures of life as well as the soul's ability to triumph over loneliness and alienation. 

'The best prose writer in English' - Gore Vidal.

'A virtuoso piece of work...courageous...powerful' - Sunday Times.


Product Information

A Single Man is an exclusive Vintage Classic that has been made into a film starring Julianne Moore and Colin Firth and directed by Tom Ford. 19970421

A witty and observant book about loneliness and loss, it follows the life of a professor in his 50s dealing with the untimely loss of his partner. A heart-breakingly beautiful book highly recommended by our staff. –The Book Grocer

Christopher Isherwood was born in 1904. He began to write at university and later moved to Berlin, where he gave English lessons to support himself. He witnessed first hand the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazi party in Germany and some of his best works, such as Mr. Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin, draw on these experiences. He created the character of Sally Bowles, later made famous as the heroine of the musical Cabaret. Isherwood travelled with W.H Auden to China in the late 1930s before going with him to America in 1939. He died on 4 January 1986.

General Fields

  • : 9780099541288
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : 0.116
  • : July 2010
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 9mm
  • : January 2018
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Christopher Isherwood
  • : FA
  • : 160
  • : 823.914
  • : en
  • : 810
  • : Paperback