The Children Of Dynmouth
- ISBN-10
- 0141041935
- ISBN-13
- 9780141041933
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 194
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-04-01
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Author
- William Trevor
Description
Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling. William Trevor�s The Children of Dynmouth was first published in 1976. In it we follow awkward, lonely, curious teenager Timothy Gedge as he wanders around the bland south-coast seaside town of Dynmouth. Timothy takes a prurient interest in the lives of the adults there, who only realize the sinister purpose to which he seeks to put his knowledge too late. This brilliant novel is eerily prescient as it shows a young person's obsession with fame and his capacity for evil.
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