Download or read book The Folding Star written by Alan Hollinghurst and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-10-03 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obsessed with one of his pupils, teacher Edward Manners becomes embroiled in affairs with two other men, but only after discovering the life and work of Symbolist painter Edgard Orst does he come to understand the implications of obsession. Reprint.