In Youth is Pleasure by Denton Welch Paperback Book 9780241464137

Unlike any other person I had come across Welch seemed to be speaking particularly to me Alan BennettVivid surprising an exquisite balance of pain and beauty GuardianOrvil Pym does not fit in A waifish eccentric sensitive fifteenyearold 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 dont 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 mans sensuous comingofageA heightened sensual journey it is Orvils vibrant energy that allows this book to bubble beautifully odd spectacular Independent