Review

“A precisely fashioned novel . . . Bartlett enmeshes such grand metaphorical gestures in meticulous period detail, lending his haunting story an air of undeniable truth.” ―The New York Times on The House on Brooke Street

“Bartlett's novel is a lush, sumptuous tapestry of mood and memory, and each ripple discloses new details and different insights as it evokes the gay life of London at a time when homoeroticism was a love that dare not speak its name.” ―Booklist on The House on Brooke Street

“A powerful and complex story of sexual obsession. A profoundly original meditation on thwarted desire.” ―Patrick McGrath on Skin Lane

“What a work of art--so unexpected and heartbreaking and lovely.” ―Armitstead Maupin on Skin Lane

“Can, in a moment, stop your heart, or break it . . . Deeply moving.” ―Times (UK) on Skin Lane

About the Author

Neil Bartlett was born in 1958. He is, as well as being an author, a director, writer, and translator for the stage, and a performer. From 1994-2005 he was Artistic Director of the Lyric Hammersmith in London; in 2000 he was awarded an OBE for his services to the arts. He has also been named one of the fifty most important gay cultural figures in Britain by the Independent. Neil's first book, Who Was That Man? was a groundbreaking re-assessment of Oscar Wilde. His previous novels are Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall, The House on Brooke Street (published in the UK as Mr. Clive and Mr. Page and shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize), and Skin Lane (shortlisted for the Costa Award). He lives in Brighton in the United Kingdom.