Set in the closing years of World War II, this is the story of a teenager, Harry, about to leave school in war-weary London, who is torn emotionally between Noreen, a trainee nurse, and Joe, the delivery boy from a local grocery store. TOUCHING HARRY explores the hazards and the comedy of growing up
Touching Harry
β Scribed by Peter Robins
- Book ID
- 111975140
- Publisher
- Third House Publishers
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 239 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781870188098
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β¦ Synopsis
Set in the closing years of World War II (1944), this is the story of a teenager. Soon to turn 17, Harry, about to leave school in war-weary London, is torn emotionally between Noreen, a trainee nurse, and Joe, the delivery boy from a local grocery store. TOUCHING HARRY explores the hazards and the comedy of growing up gay in an alien landscape.
Peter Robinsβ writing has a poetic quality, almost reiniscent of Hermann Hesse . . .
- Gay Times
He has qualities absent among many of his contemporaries - simplicity and sensuality
- Community News, Dublin
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Set in the closing years of World War II, this is the story of a teenager, Harry, about to leave school in war-weary London, who is torn emotionally between Noreen, a trainee nurse, and Joe, the delivery boy from a local grocery store. TOUCHING HARRY explores the hazards and the comedy of growing up