While England sleeps

David Leavitt

Original title: While England Sleeps

earliest edition we have, 1993 Arnoldo Mondadori, 1995 hardcover 236 pages

"Set against the rise of fascism in 1930s Europe, While England Sleeps tells the story of a love affair between Brian Botsford, an upper-class young writer, and Edward Phelan, an idealistic, self-educated employee of the London Underground and a Communist Party member. Though by far the better educated of the two, Brian is also more callow, convinced that his homosexuality is something he will outgrow. Edward, on th...

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Editions we hold

While England Sleeps edition · 2015 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 9780349141251
While England Sleeps edition · 2014 · Bloomsbury Publishing USA · 272 pages · 9781620407080
While England Sleeps paperback · 1998 · Abacus Uk · 320 pages · 9780349109534
Mentre l'Inghilterra dorme hardcover · 1995 · Arnoldo Mondadori · 236 pages
While England sleeps edition · 1995 · Houghton Mifflin Co · 284 pages
Mientras Inglaterra Duerme paperback · 1995 · Anagrama · 9788433906472
While England Sleeps edition · 1995 · Penguin Books, Limited · 320 pages · 9780140246339
While England Sleeps edition · 1993 · Northwestern University Press · 320 pages · 9780670850921
While England sleeps edition · 1993 · Viking · 304 pages
Terwijl Engeland slaapt edition · 1993 · De Harmonie · 323 pages · 9789061694465

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