A Difficult Young Man (1955) charts the complex personal relationships in an upper middle class Anglo-Australian family. It won the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal in 1956. Along with three other novels, The Cardboard Crown (1952) (also in Classic Australian Works), Outbreak of Love (1957), and When Blackbirds Sing (1962), is part what is now known as the 'Langton Quartet'. These novels follow the fortunes of the Langton family in England and Australia for nearly a century. Martin Boyd was born in 1893 in Lucerne, ...
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A Difficult Young Man (1955) charts the complex personal relationships in an upper middle class Anglo-Australian family. It won the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal in 1956. Along with three other novels, The Cardboard Crown (1952) (also in Classic Australian Works), Outbreak of Love (1957), and When Blackbirds Sing (1962), is part what is now known as the 'Langton Quartet'. These novels follow the fortunes of the Langton family in England and Australia for nearly a century. Martin Boyd was born in 1893 in Lucerne, Switzerland during one of the periodic trips his artist parents made to England and Europe. During World War I, Martin served in the Royal Flying Corps and was profoundly affected by his war experiences. He was awarded the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal in 1956 for A Difficult Young Man. Martin Boyd died in Rome, Italy, 1972, where he had lived for the previous fifteen years.
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Add this copy of A Difficult Young Man to cart. $3.80, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Penguin Group.
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Very Good in None Issued jacket. 275 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The Second Novel Dealing With The Angl-Australian Family, The Langtons.
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Add this copy of A Difficult Young Man to cart. $25.52, good condition, Sold by Victoria Bookshop rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bere Alston, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1955 by The Cresset Press.
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Good in Fair jacket. 12mo. A good copy with minor roll to spine and slight bumping to cover edges and corners. Illus dw scuffed at edges with small losses to corners, half inch closed tear to top edge and spine tail front cover edge. Wear and tear to spine top and tail and nicks to all edges.
