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082			_a823.912 WEL-D
100			_aWelch, Denton
245			_aIn youth is pleasure / _cDenton Welch
260			_aDublin _bPenguin Random House _c2021
300			_a170 p.
365			_aINR _b499.00.
500			_a'Unlike any other person I had come across, Welch seemed to be speaking particularly to me' Alan Bennett 'Vivid ... surprising ... an exquisite balance of pain and beauty' Guardian 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. 'A heightened, sensual journey ... it is Orvil's vibrant energy that allows this book to bubble ... beautifully odd ... spectacular' Independent
650			_aWelch, Denton
650			_aBildungsromans
650			_aTravel
650			_aGreat Britain
650			_aChildren's stories
650			_aEnglish fiction
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