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  • Published: 5 November 2024
  • ISBN: 9780241718599
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $36.99

Giovanni's Room





A beautiful new Clothbound edition of Baldwin's ground-breaking novel, which established him as one of the great American writers of his time

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 his sexuality, he rejects Giovanni for a 'safe' future as a married man — a decision that will bring tragedy, longing and regret.

  • Published: 5 November 2024
  • ISBN: 9780241718599
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $36.99

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