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| Author | L.P. Hartley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton |
| Publication date | 1971 |
| Media type | |
The Harness Room is a 1971 novel by the British writer L.P. Hartley. A retired colonel about to remarry decides that his seventeen-year-old son needs toughening up and while away on his honeymoon has his chauffeur, an ex-guardsman to instruct him in boxing and other sports in the harness room. The two men come to develop a bond.
Concerned about the reception of a book that was more explicitly homosexual in theme than his earlier works, Hartley insisted to his publisher that it was done "in a more discreet manner than it is in many modern novels". Hartley considered that "I actually took more trouble over The Harness Room than any of my novels".
References
- Wright, p. 249.
- Wright, p. 251.
- Wright, p. 249.
Bibliography
- Wright, Adrian. Foreign Country: The Life of L.P. Hartley. I. B. Tauris, 2001.
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