Vickram Seth’s The Golden Gate is the complex story of a group of friends living in San Francisco. Among them are John, a successful but sadly lonely man, and Ed who is burdened with the need to deny his homosexuality. This is a novel in verse and Seth’s brilliant use of the form, and the fast pace of the narrative, pulls you into the story, making it difficult to put down. The Golden Gate was hailed by Gore Vidal as ‘the great Californian novel’. It richly deserves the appellation.
Back to With a little help from . . .