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. Flagrantly controversial on first publication in 1945, this is an unforgettable portrayal of a young man's sensuous coming of age.
- Publisher: Penguin Classics UK
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Publication date:
01/07/2021
- ISBN: 9780241464137
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Page extent:
192
- Format: Paperback
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Dimensions:
199 mm x 130 mm
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