The Line of Beauty (2004)
0.1537Canon Score · ranked #143 all time
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About the book
It is the summer of 1983, and twenty-year-old Nick Guest has moved into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: conservative Member of Parliament Gerald, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their two children, Toby--whom Nick had idolized at Oxford--and Catherine, highly critical of her family's assumptions and ambitions, who becomes both a friend to Nick and his uneasy responsibility.
Why it ranks #143
Every list on which The Line of Beauty appears, with its position as published.
| List | Authority | Position |
|---|---|---|
| NYT 100 Best Books of 21st C (2024) | Major international poll | Selected |
| Guardian 1000 Novels (2009) | Critics' canon | Selected |
| 1001 Books You Must Read (union) | Critics' canon | Selected |
| Vulture 21st Century Canon (2018) | Editorial list | Selected |