A Difficult Young Man
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A landmark of Australian literary fiction, A Difficult Young Man is the second novel in Martin Boyd's celebrated Langton tetralogy, continuing the semi-autobiographical saga of an Anglo-Australian family navigating the tensions between Old World refinement and New World pragmatism. The novel chronicles the turbulent life of Dominic Langton, a passionate and headstrong young man whose fierce sensitivity and romantic idealism place him perpetually at odds with the social conventions of early twentieth-century society. Boyd presents the story through the reflective voice of Dominic's cousin Guy, lending the narrative a wistful, elegiac tone that balances sharp social observation with genuine emotional warmth. With prose that is both lyrical and precise, the novel illustrates the painful cost of remaining true to one's nature in a world that demands conformity, making it a profound meditation on identity, class, and belonging. Readers who appreciate the nuanced character studies of Henry James or the familial chronicles of Evelyn Waugh will find Boyd's work equally rewarding and enduring.
Author: Martin Boyd
Format: Paperback
Published: 1967, Lansdowne Press
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark of Australian literary fiction, A Difficult Young Man is the second novel in Martin Boyd's celebrated Langton tetralogy, continuing the semi-autobiographical saga of an Anglo-Australian family navigating the tensions between Old World refinement and New World pragmatism. The novel chronicles the turbulent life of Dominic Langton, a passionate and headstrong young man whose fierce sensitivity and romantic idealism place him perpetually at odds with the social conventions of early twentieth-century society. Boyd presents the story through the reflective voice of Dominic's cousin Guy, lending the narrative a wistful, elegiac tone that balances sharp social observation with genuine emotional warmth. With prose that is both lyrical and precise, the novel illustrates the painful cost of remaining true to one's nature in a world that demands conformity, making it a profound meditation on identity, class, and belonging. Readers who appreciate the nuanced character studies of Henry James or the familial chronicles of Evelyn Waugh will find Boyd's work equally rewarding and enduring.