A Difficult Young Man: (the Langton Quartet Vol.2) - Softcover

Boyd, Martin

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9780140069068: A Difficult Young Man: (the Langton Quartet Vol.2)

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ISBN 10: 0140069062 ISBN 13: 9780140069068

Publisher: Penguin, 1984

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COLONEL RODGERS,AND AUNT BABA,DRAW THEIR VITALITY FROM THEIR OUTRAGEOUSNESS; BUT THERE ARE ALSO THOSE WHO, COME MORE SUBTLY TO LIFE, SO THAT IN SPITE OF ITS SURFACE WIT, THIS BOOK,IT MAY BE SAID,IS WRITTEN AT A DEEPER LEVEL OF OBSERVATION THAN MARTIN BOYD'S PREVIOUS NOVELS.

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About the Author:

Martin Boyd was born in Switzerland in 1893 into a family that was to achieve fame in the Australian arts. His first novel, Love Gods, was published in 1925. Three years later The Montforts appeared, under the pseudonym Martin Mills. International success came with Lucinda Brayford, followed by the Langton Quartet: The Cardboard Crown, A Difficult Young Man, Outbreak of Love and When Blackbirds Sing. In 1957 he went to Rome, where he lived and continued to write until his death in 1972.

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