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In Youth Is Pleasure

2014-09-17 Fiction
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Release : 2014-09-17
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Book Rating : 309/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis In Youth Is Pleasure by : Denton Welch

Download or read book In Youth Is Pleasure written by Denton Welch. This book was released on 2014-09-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1945, In Youth Is Pleasure recounts a summer in the life of 15-year-old Orvil Pym, who is holidaying with his father and brothers in a Kentish hotel, with little to do but explore the countryside and surrounding area. 'I don't understand what to do, how to live': so says the 15-year-old Orvil - who, as a boy who glories and suffers in the agonies of adolescence, dissecting the teenage years with an acuity, stands as a clear (marvelously British) ancestor of The Catcher In The Rye's Holden Caulfield. A delicate coming-of-age novel, shot through with humour, In Youth Is Pleasure, has long achieved cult status, and earned admirers ranging from Alan Bennett to William Burroughs, Edith Sitwell to John Waters. 'Maybe there is no better novel in the world that is Denton Welch's In Youth Is Pleasure,' wrote Waters. 'Just holding it my hands... is enough to make illiteracy a worse crime than hunger.'

In Youth is Pleasure

1994 Fiction
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Release : 1994
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis In Youth is Pleasure by : Denton Welch

Download or read book In Youth is Pleasure written by Denton Welch. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful and unassuming coming-of-age novel. Painfully sensitive and sad Orville Pym is fifteen, and the novel recounts the summer holiday after his first miserable year at public school. As in all of Welch's work, what is most important are the details of Orville's surroundings, as reflected through his remarkable perception. Includes a foreword by William Burroughs, who said of Welch's work 'It is time Denton received the attention he deserves.'

Urban Nightscapes

2003 Family & Relationships
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Release : 2003
Genre : Family & Relationships
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Book Rating : 458/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Urban Nightscapes by : Paul Chatterton

Download or read book Urban Nightscapes written by Paul Chatterton. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how urban nightlife is experiencing a 'McDonaldisation', where big branded names are taking over large parts of downtown areas, leaving consumers with an increasingly standardised experience.

Pleasure Me

2011-03-01 Fiction
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Release : 2011-03-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 764/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Pleasure Me by : Monica Burns

Download or read book Pleasure Me written by Monica Burns. This book was released on 2011-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Assassin's Honor, a bold and sexy new historical romance. Youth and beauty are a courtesan's greatest assets. Concerned, at forty-one, that she is no longer desirable, Lady Ruth Attwood is uncertain whether to be offended or flattered when a younger man makes her an unusual offer. In need of funds, she agrees. But then she does the unthinkable-she falls in love...

Werewolves in Their Youth

2011-12-20 Fiction
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Release : 2011-12-20
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 128/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Werewolves in Their Youth by : Michael Chabon

Download or read book Werewolves in Their Youth written by Michael Chabon. This book was released on 2011-12-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the New York Times–bestselling author of Moonglow: “When you read these stories, it may strike you how seldom you come across really beautiful writing” (USA Today). Cherished by readers and critics alike for such extraordinary novels as The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, and Wonder Boys, Michael Chabon is at the height of his considerable powers in this striking and bittersweet collection of short stories. An anxious young misfit does nothing to protect his best friend from the scorn of their teachers and classmates. A kleptomaniac real estate agent leads an unhappy couple on a disastrous house tour. A heartbroken grifter finds his ex-girlfriend’s grandmother to be an easy mark—and an unexpected source of redemption. Throughout these stories, Chabon’s characters, suffused with yearning but crippled by broken love, often find themselves at a crossroads—and faced with sudden insight. Michael Chabon is “Updike without the condescension,” wrote James Hynes in the Washington Post Book World, “Cheever without the self-pity, a young American Nabokov who writes with a rueful joie de vivre.” In this darkly funny, achingly delicate collection, he renders the compromises of adulthood and the vivid fantasies of childhood with clarity and warmth. This ebook features a biography of the author.

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