![]() ![]() "Galgut inhabits with such sympathetic completeness, and in prose of such modest excellence that he starts to breathe on the page." - Financial TimesÄ®.M. Damon Galgut's reimagining of Forster's life is a clear and sympathetic psychological probing of one of Britain's finest novelists. Shifting across the landscapes of India, Egypt, and England, Forster's life is informed by his relationships-from the Egyptian tram conductor Mohammed el-Adl, to the Greek poet and literary titan C. But it will be another twelve years and a second stay in India before the publication of his finest work, A Passage to India. Slowly, the strands of a story begin to gather in Forster's mind: a sense of impending menace, lust in close confines, under a hot, empty sky. He also finds himself surprisingly freed to explore his "minorite" desires as secretary to a most unusual Maharajah. During his travels, the novelist confronts his fraught childhood and falls in unrequited love with his closest friend. On board is Edward Morgan Forster, a reserved man taunted by writer's block, attempting to come to terms with his art and his homosexuality. The year is 1912, and the SS Birmingham is approaching India. ![]() ![]() Forester's journey of self-discovery ( The Times, London). ![]() This "beautifully written and utterly compelling" novel by the acclaimed South African author traces E. ![]()
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