James Baldwin 
Giovanni”s Room 

One of the BBC”s ”100 Novels That Shaped Our World”
Baldwin”s ground-breaking second novel , which established him as one of the great American writers of his time
David, a young American in 1950s Paris, is waiting for his fiancée to return from vacation in Spain. But when he meets Giovanni, a handsome Italian barman, the two men are drawn into an intense affair. After three months David”s fiancée returns and, denying his true nature, he rejects Giovanni for a ”safe” future as a married man. His decision eventually brings tragedy.
Filled with passion, regret and longing, this story of a fated love triangle has become a landmark of gay writing. James Baldwin caused outrage as a black author writing about white homosexuals, yet for him the issues of race, sexuality and personal freedom were eternally intertwined.
”Exquisite… a feat of fire-breathing, imaginative daring” Guardian
”Excruciating beauty” San Francisco Chronicle
”Audacious… remarkable… elegant and courageous” Caryl Phillips