Watch Alan Hollinghurst discuss The Sparsholt Affair
In this series of videos, the Man Booker winning author discusses his new novel, The Sparsholt Affair.
The Sparsholt Affair is the long-awaited sixth novel from Man Booker prize winning author Alan Hollinghurst. Beginning in Oxford during the Second World War and ending in London in 2013, The Sparsholt Affair is a masterly novel about sexuality, art and family secrets, told through the lives of three generations of one family. In this series of videos, Alan Hollinghurst discusses the novel, its themes and characters, and shares his reasons for writing about wartime Oxford.