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A Difficult Young Man

by Martin Boyd · 1955

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COLONEL RODGERS,AND AUNT BABA,DRAW THEIR VITALITY FROM THEIR OUTRAGEOUSNESS; BUT THERE ARE ALSO THOSE WHO, COME MORE SUBTLY TO LIFE, SO THAT IN SPITE OF ITS SURFACE WIT, THIS BOOK,IT MAY BE SAID,IS WRITTEN AT A DEEPER LEVEL OF OBSERVATION THAN MARTIN BOYD'S PREVIOUS NOVELS.

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1950s1950sMore like thisLess of thisAustraliaAustraliaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
medium · 288 pages

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