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- ↑ https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2024/10/alan-hollinghurst-our-evenings-review-intimate-vision
- ↑ https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/familiar-scenarios-our-evenings-by-alan-hollinghurst-reviewed/