A Difficult Young Man: Text Classics

Martin Boyd's wickedly witty portrait of Dominic Langton, the charming yet exasperating protagonist who scandalised 1930s Melbourne society, is a Text Classics gem. Boyd captures the tensions between artistic temperament and social expectation with devastating precision and dry humour. This semi-autobiographical novel explores family loyalty, creative ambition, and the price of refusing to conform in conservative Australia. Perfect for readers who love character-driven fiction with bite, literary Australiana, and protagonists who refuse to play by the rules.