A Single Man (novel)

A Single Man
	First edition (UK)
Author	Christopher Isherwood
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	novel
Publisher	Methuen (UK); Simon & Schuster (US)
Publication date	1964
Media type	Print (hardcover & paperback)
Pages	186 pp
OCLC	171466

A Single Man is a 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood.

Set in Southern California during 1962, shortly after the Cuban Missile Crisis, it depicts one day in the life of George, a middle-aged Englishman who is a professor at a Los Angeles university. The university might reflect CSULA, where Christopher Isherwood taught for some time. The novel is also believed to be informed by a crisis in Isherwood's relationship with Don Bachardy.^[1]^[2]

In 2009, fashion designer Tom Ford directed a film adaptation of the novel, with additions made to the original plot in the screenplay by David Scearce and Ford.^[3] Ford also contributed a foreword to a re-release of the novel.^[4]

^ McCrum, Robert (20 April 2015). "The 100 best novels: No 83 – A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood (1964)". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
^ "Biography". isherwoodfoundation.org. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
^ Summers, Claude J. (1 February 2010). "A Single Man: Ford's Film / Isherwood's Novel". glbtq.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
^ "A Single Man – Christopher Isherwood". keepingupwiththepenguins.com. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[1] McCrum, Robert (20 April 2015). "The 100 best novels: No 83 – A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood (1964)". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[2] "Biography". isherwoodfoundation.org. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[3] Summers, Claude J. (1 February 2010). "A Single Man: Ford's Film / Isherwood's Novel". glbtq.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[4] "A Single Man – Christopher Isherwood". keepingupwiththepenguins.com. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

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