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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 who he is, he rejects Giovanni for a 'safe' future as a married man. It is a decision that will bring tragedy.

 

Paperback | Extent: 208 pages | ISBN: 9780141032948

Publication: 2 Aug 2007, Penguin Classics

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Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

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      Description

      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 who he is, he rejects Giovanni for a 'safe' future as a married man. It is a decision that will bring tragedy.

       

      Paperback | Extent: 208 pages | ISBN: 9780141032948

      Publication: 2 Aug 2007, Penguin Classics

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