The Outcast
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780701181758 (0701181753)
Publish date: February 7th 2008
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
bookshelves: summer-2014, published-2008, surrey, britain-england, radio-4, period-piece, abandoned, next, bettie-s-law-of-excitement-lost Read from August 02 to 11, 2014 BABThttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009fsnrDescription: 1957, and Lewis Aldridge is travelling back to his home in the South ...
There is merit to this book, but I found that it irritated me quite a bit. The events take place in rural England from 1945 to 1957, centering around Lewis Aldridge, the Outcast of the title. The author tortures poor Lewis throughout, so that we are properly prepared for his rousing redemption at th...