{"product_id":"in-youth-is-pleasure","title":"Denton Welch: In Youth is Pleasure [2021] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unlike any other person I had come across, Welch seemed to be speaking particularly to me' Alan Bennett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vivid ... surprising ... an exquisite balance of pain and beauty' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrvil 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A heightened, sensual journey ... it is Orvil's vibrant energy that allows this book to bubble ... beautifully odd ... spectacular' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Welch, Denton","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47824039510355,"sku":"XV80241464137","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/welch-denton-in-youth-is-pleasure-xv80241464137-54946391032147.jpg?v=1710615557","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/in-youth-is-pleasure","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}