The Scapegoat by Jocelyn Brooke
A searing portrait of doomed adolescent angst
He is subtle as the devil -- John Betjeman
Exceptionally well-written -- Desmond MacCarthy
It could not have been written more delicately or sensitively -- Sean O'Faolian
The author succeeds brilliantly in his task of creating an atmosphere of intense imaginative unease * The Listener *
I can think of few books that are as erotically and dramatically charged -- Peter Cameron
Jocelyn Brooke is a great writer. . . If you care enough for literature, seek out The Scapegoat. -- Elizabeth Bowen
Brooke marked out his magical, personal kingdom, different from any other writer -- Anthony Powell
Exceptionally well-written -- Desmond MacCarthy
It could not have been written more delicately or sensitively -- Sean O'Faolian
The author succeeds brilliantly in his task of creating an atmosphere of intense imaginative unease * The Listener *
I can think of few books that are as erotically and dramatically charged -- Peter Cameron
Jocelyn Brooke is a great writer. . . If you care enough for literature, seek out The Scapegoat. -- Elizabeth Bowen
Brooke marked out his magical, personal kingdom, different from any other writer -- Anthony Powell
Jocelyn Brooke was born in 1908 on the south coast and educated at Bedales and Worcester College, Oxford. He worked in London for a while, then in the family wine-merchants in Folkestone, Kent. In 1939, Brooke enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and reenlisted after the war as a Regular. The critical success of The Military Orchid (1948), the first volume of his autobiographical Orchid trilogy, provided the opportunity to buy himself out, and he immediately settled down to write, publishing some fifteen titles between 1948 and 1955, including the successive volumes of the trilogy, A Mine of Serpents (1949) and The Goose Cathedral (1950). His other published work includes two volumes of poetry, the novels The Image of a Drawn Sword (1950) and The Dog at Clambercrown (1955), as well as some technical works on botany. A perceptive reviewer, Brooke wrote critiques of Aldous Huxley, Elizabeth Bowen, Ronald Firbank, and John Betjeman. He also introduced and edited the journals and published works of Denton Welch. Jocelyn Brooke died in 1966.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781509855834 |
| ISBN 10 | 1509855831 |
| Title | The Scapegoat |
| Author | Jocelyn Brooke |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2017-10-05 |
| Number of pages | 124 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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