Books
by Denton Welch
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I Left my Grandfather's House |
A short account of the author's walking tour to Devon in the 1930's and prior to the accident that would cripple and, ultimately, kill him. This knowledge lends it great poignancy as his obvious enjoyment of the physical, revelling in not only his own body, but those of others can be seen as the idealised reminiscences of an invalid. It is well written though, with an air of being polished like a much loved memento.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 29 April 2005) |
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In Youth is Pleasure |
A novel in which not a great deal happens, but what does is recorded and recounted in a compelling way. Orvil Pym is plucked from school to spend the summer with his father and two older brothers. Sensitive, confused and the subject of stirring feelings and emotions, Orvil explores the world of people and relationships in a thorough but dispassionate manner.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 63 Winter 2011) |
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