BecauseofTheLineofBeauty,AllanHollinghurstwonthe2004ManBookerPrizeforFiction.Inthenovel,theprotagonistNickGuestwhowasborninamiddleclassfamilyentersintotheelitecircle.Heisanattractiveyoungmanchargedwithambition.Nickisalonelyperson,whichcanbefoundoutinhispainfulloveaffairs,thehypocrisyoftheFeddensandtheisolationoftheupperclass.AlltheexperienceNickGuesthasgonethroughmakeshimatragicgaycharacter.Throughtheanalysisofthepointofview,Nick’srelationshiptotheupperclassandtheogeecurve,thispapertriestorevealNick’slonelinessasagaycharacter.
