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Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin (1956)

SubgenreClassic Romance
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages ()
SettingContemporary
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ViolenceNot rated
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageNot rated

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Synopsis

Considered an 'audacious' second novel, GIOVANNI'S ROOM is set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence. This now-classic story of a fated love triangle explores, with uncompromising clarity, the conflicts between desire, conventional morality and sexual identity.

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LGBTQ+BIPOC Leads

Is Giovanni's Room appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

What to know going in

This book has moderate sexual content.