Download or read book The Stranger's Child written by Alan Hollinghurst and published by Knopf Publishing Group. This book was released on 2011 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embraced by the family of his Cambridge schoolmate, Cecil Valance writes an inspiring poem in an autograph album that becomes a staple of every English classroom after he is killed during World War I.