{"product_id":"9781921921759","title":"A Difficult Young Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner, Australian Literature Society Gold Medal in 1956. Introduction by Sonya Hartnett.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Nearly everyone between the ages of eighteen and thirty turns against his family and wants to escape from it. When he is sixty he wants to creep back to the nursery fireside, but it is no longer there.'  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHandsome, proud, reprehensible, misunderstood. Dominic Langton is the dark heart of \u003ci\u003eA Difficult Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e. His brother Guy can scarcely understand where he fits into the pattern of things or what he might do next.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartin Boyd's much loved novel is an elegant, witty and compelling family tale about the contradictions of growing up. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Switzerland in 1893 into a family that was to achieve fame in the Australian arts. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eLove Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1925. Three years later \u003ci\u003eThe Montforts\u003c\/i\u003e appeared, under the pseudonym Martin Mills. International success came with \u003ci\u003eLucinda Brayford\u003c\/i\u003e, followed by the Langton Quartet: \u003ci\u003eThe Cardboard Crown, A Difficult Young Man, Outbreak of Love, When Blackbirds Sing\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1957 he went to Rome, where he lived and continued to write until his death in 1972.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSonya Hartnett\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many books for children and adults, including \u003ci\u003eOf a Boy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Midnight Zoo\u003c\/i\u003e. Her most recent novel is \u003ci\u003eThe Children of the King\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Melbourne.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003etextclassics.com.au\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Few writers, it could be argued, have ever cannibalised life  for their art as ruthlessly and consistently as did Martin Boyd; and few  are born into situations which lend themselves so readily to art...By  the time he wrote \u003ci\u003eA Difficult Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e, focusing the cool spotlight of  his attention on his brother Merric as well as more sharply on himself,  Boyd had form as a writer whose true gift lay not in the power of his  imagination, but in the brilliance of his ancestral inheritance.' Sonya  Hartnett\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Urbane, witty and eminently civilised...a subtle and beautifully observed social comedy.' \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Text Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154221154544,"sku":"9781921921759","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781921921759_p0.jpg?v=1763632636","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781921921759","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}