The Young Visitors
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: John Wain
Binding: Hardback
Published: The Viking Press, 1965
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
The Young Visitors presents a sharp, satirical novel chronicling the misadventures of a group of English adolescents navigating the social and moral contradictions of postwar Britain. Wain illustrates the collision between youthful idealism and adult hypocrisy, detailing the characters’ attempts to reconcile personal desire with societal expectation. The narrative argues that the transition to adulthood is fraught with disillusionment, shaped more by performance and conformity than by genuine understanding. Through incisive dialogue and ironic observation, Wain exposes the fragility of middle-class respectability and the emotional cost of ambition.
Author: John Wain
Binding: Hardback
Published: The Viking Press, 1965
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
The Young Visitors presents a sharp, satirical novel chronicling the misadventures of a group of English adolescents navigating the social and moral contradictions of postwar Britain. Wain illustrates the collision between youthful idealism and adult hypocrisy, detailing the characters’ attempts to reconcile personal desire with societal expectation. The narrative argues that the transition to adulthood is fraught with disillusionment, shaped more by performance and conformity than by genuine understanding. Through incisive dialogue and ironic observation, Wain exposes the fragility of middle-class respectability and the emotional cost of ambition.