"Not many books by anyone so young are worth publishing, but this one was." - John Betjeman "A very good first novel written with fine economy, intelligent and extremely moving." - Angus Wilson... This description may be from another edition of this product.
When it was first published in 1957, thisnovel created a storm of controversy with its frank revelations aboutadolescent homosexual feelings and influenced many major figures of thetime. Written in the first person by a sixteen-year-old Irish boy, it deals uncompromisingly with the early homosexual love affair of a young man. With a new introduction by the author.
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