{"product_id":"9780241464137","title":"In Youth is Pleasure","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Unlike any other person I had come across, Welch seemed to be speaking particularly to me' Alan Bennett\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Vivid ... surprising ... an exquisite balance of pain and beauty' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A heightened, sensual journey ... it is Orvil's vibrant energy that allows this book to bubble ... beautifully odd ... spectacular' Independent\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48540655059179,"sku":"EB_LI0700_A01-07_RC","price":23.98,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780241464137-1_9d28d4cc-11e3-4ec9-b53c-109ac37c9a0f.jpg?v=1790088121","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/zh\/products\/9780241464137","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}