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Set in the Summer of 1954, this novel describes the life of a boy living in a Victorian seaside house on the Isle of Wight, and the erratic relationship he has with his parents.
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From Publishers Weekly
Known in this country for his books about the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, the author was also named one of the Best of Young British Novelists. This richly evocative memoir of a young boy's formative experiences, set in a seaside town on the Isle of Wight, proves Norman a writer of considerable talent. Louis Belmayne is 11 in 1954 when the novel opens with a powerful...
From Library Journal
This finely crafted psychological study is set in postwar England in the 1940s and early 1950s. A pavilion skating rink on the Isle of Wight becomes the focal point from which the main action of the novel develops. There, Louis Belmayne, the child who is the central character, learns to skate and is introduced by his father into the larger world of adult life with its tensions,...
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- PublisherHamish Hamilton
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 0241102553
- ISBN 13 9780241102558
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages331
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