Colm Tóibín on Edmund White's The Married Man

For our Queer Icons series, Colm Tóibín chooses Edmund White's novel, The Married Man.

The Married Man (2000) is about a middle-aged American who lives in Paris and falls in love with a young French architect.

Colm Tóibín is an Irish author whose award-winning novels include Brooklyn, The Blackwater Lightship, The Master and House of Names.

Queer Icons is Front Row's celebration of LGBTQ culture. For many more icons, including Alan Hollinghurst, Emma Donoghue and Tony Kushner, head to Front Row's Queer Icons website.