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A Difficult Young Man (1955) is a novel by Australian writer Martin Boyd. It is the second in the author's "Langton Tetralogy" (which comprises The Cardboard Crown, A Difficult Young Man, Outbreak of Love and When Blackbirds Sing) and it won the ALS Gold Medal in 1957.
- Martin Boyd
- 1955
Handsome, proud, reprehensible, and misunderstood, Dominic Langton is the dark heart of A Difficult Young Man. Martin Boyd used his own family history as the basis for this remarkable coming-of-age novel, and presents a compelling psychological portrait of his wild, charismatic older brother.
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Feb 3, 2010 · He focuses on the late adolescence-early adulthood of the eldest living son, Dominic (inspired by – but not – Merric), the “difficult young man” of the title, who, as the story progresses, manages to fail in, or otherwise mess up, pretty well everything he does.
Jan 19, 2022 · English. xiii, 325 pages ; 20 cm. This book charts the complex personal relationships in an upper middle class Anglo-Australian family. It won the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal in 1956. Access-restricted-item. true. Addeddate. 2022-01-19 12:17:46. Associated-names. Hartnett, Sonya, 1968- Bookplateleaf. 0002. Boxid. IA40334708. Camera.
Feb 27, 2023 · A Difficult Young Man is Martin Boyd taking family storytelling to the nth degree. I enjoy the unreliable narrator device; it leaves the interpretation of events wide open to the reader.
Oct 24, 2003 · A Difficult Young Man Martin Boyd 1955. Cover: detail from "The Milkmaid" by Julian Ashton. Dustjacket synopsis: " A Difficult Young Man is the second of Martin Boyd's novels dealing with the Anglo-Australian family the Langtons.
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...
