THE SPARSHOLT AFFAIR

In October 1940, the handsome young David Sparsholt arrives in Oxford. A keen athlete and oarsman, he at first seems unaware of the effect he has on others particularly on the lonely and romantic Evert Dax, son of a celebrated novelist and destined to become a w riter himself. While the Blitz rages in London, Oxford exists at a strange remove: an ephemeral, uncertain place, in which nightly b lackouts conceal secret liaisons. Over the course of one momentous term, David and Evert forge an unlikely friendship that will colo ur their l...[Read more]