{"product_id":"in-youth-is-pleasure","title":"In Youth is Pleasure","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":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42712713593010,"sku":"9780241464137","price":215.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/products\/336512_63a636d0653ff0.87856473_9780241464137.jpg?v=1676120098","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/in-youth-is-pleasure","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}