In Youth is Pleasure
Author: Welch, Denton
ISBN: 9780241464137
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 192
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 11mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A gay classic coming-of-age novel and an unforgettable slice of British interwar upper-middle class life
Orvil Pym does not fit in. A waifish, eccentric, sensitive fifteen-year-old, he hates school and longs to be alone. Spending his Summer holidays in a genteel Surrey hotel with his mysterious father and two brothers who don't understand him, he explores ancient churches, spies on a man rowing in the river and collects antiques, escaping into his own singular aesthetic world. First published in 1945, this is an unforgettable portrayal of a young man's sensuous coming-of-age.
ISBN: 9780241464137
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 192
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 11mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A gay classic coming-of-age novel and an unforgettable slice of British interwar upper-middle class life
Orvil Pym does not fit in. A waifish, eccentric, sensitive fifteen-year-old, he hates school and longs to be alone. Spending his Summer holidays in a genteel Surrey hotel with his mysterious father and two brothers who don't understand him, he explores ancient churches, spies on a man rowing in the river and collects antiques, escaping into his own singular aesthetic world. First published in 1945, this is an unforgettable portrayal of a young man's sensuous coming-of-age.
