A Single Man

"I make myself remember. I am afraid of forgetting. I will have to forget if Iwant to go on living."California, 1962. College professor George is grieving the death of his long-termpartner Jim. As a middle-aged gay Englishman living in the Los Angelessuburbs, he is an outsider in every way. Haunted by his past and unable tomove forward, we follow him on one very ordinary day. But for George, this isgoing to be a day like no other...A Single Man features in the Guardian''s 100 Best Novels Written in English,where it is described as ''a work of compressed brilliance.'' Known to manythrough Tom Ford''s film, Christopher Isherwood''s masterpiece is now givena wry and compassionate retelling in Simon Reade''s new adaptation for thestage.Powerful and sexy, A Single Man is a darkly amusing study of grief, love andloneliness from the celebrated writer of Goodbye to Berlin, the inspiration forCabaret.