Bloomsbury, New York, 2005, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 1-58234-610-0.  Trade soft cover, 438 pages.  Unread copy with a bit of edge and cover wear, small ding on fore-edge page block.  ‘… a sweeping novel about class, sex, and money that brings Thatcher’s London alive.  Nick Guest has moved in with the Feddens, a family whose patriarch is a conservative Member of Parliament.  An innocent in matters of politics and money, Nick becomes caught up in the Feddens’ world of parties and excess, as well as his own private pursuit of beauty.  Framed by the two general elections that returned Margaret Thatcher to power, The Line of Beauty unfurls through four extraordinary years of change and tragedy.’ (from rear wrap)