Out of the Shelter
While Timothy Young's adolescence occurs in the constricted world of post-war Britain, his older sister Kath escapes the world of ration coupons and vaguely perceived dissatisfactions. She works for the American army in Europe, enjoying the opulence of life on American pay.
While Timothy Young's adolescence occurs in the constricted world of post-war Britain, his older sister Kath escapes the world of ration coupons and vaguely perceived dissatisfactions. She works for the American army in Europe, enjoying the opulence of life on American pay.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140122794 (0140122796)
Publish date: August 1st 1989
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Who could have wondered that once Davide Lodge wrote a novel like this?We have no visiting professors here neither Catholic couples coping with unwanted pregnancies, but a surprising half self-biographical story about a British teenager named Timothy visiting an Americanised Heidelberg in the early ...