| Author: | E. F. Benson | ISBN: | 1230000212929 |
| Publisher: | Classic Fiction | Publication: | January 25, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | E. F. Benson |
| ISBN: | 1230000212929 |
| Publisher: | Classic Fiction |
| Publication: | January 25, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
This novel is listed in places as "gay erotica" -- which it is, and isn't. It's the story of a young gay man growing up in schools in England, and his thoughts toward those around him. The scenes in the church are particularly hilarious. E.F. Benson’s delightfully nostalgic classic of public school life is in the tradition of P.G. Wodehouse’s Tales of St. Austin’s. Memorably evoking the joys and torments of boyhood, from midnight feasts and glorious days on the cricket field to waxy masters and hilariously embarrassing parental visits, Benson follows young David Blaize from prep school to Marchester Collete – a thinly disguised portrait of the author’s own beloved Marlborough.
Affectionate, richly comic, and laced with E.F. Benson’s inimitable wit, David Blaize is a marvellous entertainment from one of the century’s greatest humorous writers. It is NOT pornographic, but hilarious, and actually, a love story. Difficult to really classify.
This novel is listed in places as "gay erotica" -- which it is, and isn't. It's the story of a young gay man growing up in schools in England, and his thoughts toward those around him. The scenes in the church are particularly hilarious. E.F. Benson’s delightfully nostalgic classic of public school life is in the tradition of P.G. Wodehouse’s Tales of St. Austin’s. Memorably evoking the joys and torments of boyhood, from midnight feasts and glorious days on the cricket field to waxy masters and hilariously embarrassing parental visits, Benson follows young David Blaize from prep school to Marchester Collete – a thinly disguised portrait of the author’s own beloved Marlborough.
Affectionate, richly comic, and laced with E.F. Benson’s inimitable wit, David Blaize is a marvellous entertainment from one of the century’s greatest humorous writers. It is NOT pornographic, but hilarious, and actually, a love story. Difficult to really classify.
