While England Sleeps
Set against the rise of fascism in 1930s Europe, the story of the love affair between Brian Botsford, an upper-class young writer, and Edward Phelan, an idealistic, self-educated employee of the London Underground and a member of the Communist Party.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- ISBN-13
- 9780140246339
- Genre
- Topics
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for FictionShortlistedMajor(1994)
Other awarded books from David Leavitt
- Family Dancing (1988)0 wins · 8 score
- The Indian Clerk (2007)0 wins · 8 score
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