--- product_id: 336764149 title: "PENGUIN In Youth is Pleasure" price: "€ 35.55" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/336764149-penguin-in-youth-is-pleasure store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # PENGUIN In Youth is Pleasure **Price:** € 35.55 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** PENGUIN In Youth is Pleasure - **How much does it cost?** € 35.55 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/336764149-penguin-in-youth-is-pleasure) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Buy PENGUIN In Youth is Pleasure by Welch, Denton online on desertcart.ae at best prices. ✓ Fast and free shipping ✓ free returns ✓ cash on delivery available on eligible purchase. Review: "Baby Proust" is written in a blurb on the back of the book, and when you're done reading it it's gonna make a lot of sense. It's no wonder Welch is the favorite writer of both William Burroughs and John Waters: it's funny, queer, perverse, filled with the sort of attentive detail and modern sensibility that makes you wonder how could someone write such a thing in 1945. But Welch did, and Orvil Pym and his pleasurable youth will stay with me forever. This is the bildungsroman missing from your reader's life. Review: This is an unplotted novel of the sensory experiences of a young boy, Orvil, aged 15. He's on vacation with his derelict father and his two brothers, one of whom, Charles, the young Orvil hates. Orvil's mother, with whom he had a close but heated and dysfunctional relationship, is dead. He misses her. He lives with his aunt, sees his wealthy father rarely and has little connection with him through most of the year. While on vacation with this "family" we get to vicariously see the world that Orvil experiences. For that this novel is worth your time. Orvil is a sensitive. He sees/feels/senses the world in the only way that he can. As you, yourself, can only experience being in the way that you do. The trouble that Orvil experiences is that the way he is is troublesome to others; the way he is therefore becomes a burden to Orvil. Orvil might be gay. He might be bi-polar. He might be asexual. He might be a narcissist. Etc. Etc. What's important is that the way he experiences life is the way a lot of people, myself included, experience it, feeling an "otherness" among others. A circle in a rectangular world. Fiction can give us the experience of this otherness and from that second-or-third-hand experience we can gain a kind of vicarious or intellectual empathy (empathy is best gained from first-hand experience). I didn't like Orvil. He was impetuous and foolish--and a thief! But if I were in his story I'm pretty sure I would have defended him publicly--as his brother Ben did. I would have fought for Orvil's right to be himself, implicitely communicating through my actions that who he is okay--as it's okay that I am who I am. Fairness is, after all, what we're all after. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #187,133 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,190 in European Literature #3,886 in Classic Literature & Fiction #11,828 in Literary Fiction | | Customer reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (55) | | Dimensions | 12.9 x 1.1 x 19.8 cm | | Edition | 1st | | ISBN-10 | 0241464137 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0241464137 | | Item weight | 145 g | | Language | English | | Print length | 192 pages | | Publication date | 1 July 2021 | | Publisher | Penguin Classics | ## Images ![PENGUIN In Youth is Pleasure - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91hVzGPTXgL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by R***A on 16 January 2019* "Baby Proust" is written in a blurb on the back of the book, and when you're done reading it it's gonna make a lot of sense. It's no wonder Welch is the favorite writer of both William Burroughs and John Waters: it's funny, queer, perverse, filled with the sort of attentive detail and modern sensibility that makes you wonder how could someone write such a thing in 1945. But Welch did, and Orvil Pym and his pleasurable youth will stay with me forever. This is the bildungsroman missing from your reader's life. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by R***. on 24 October 2022* This is an unplotted novel of the sensory experiences of a young boy, Orvil, aged 15. He's on vacation with his derelict father and his two brothers, one of whom, Charles, the young Orvil hates. Orvil's mother, with whom he had a close but heated and dysfunctional relationship, is dead. He misses her. He lives with his aunt, sees his wealthy father rarely and has little connection with him through most of the year. While on vacation with this "family" we get to vicariously see the world that Orvil experiences. For that this novel is worth your time. Orvil is a sensitive. He sees/feels/senses the world in the only way that he can. As you, yourself, can only experience being in the way that you do. The trouble that Orvil experiences is that the way he is is troublesome to others; the way he is therefore becomes a burden to Orvil. Orvil might be gay. He might be bi-polar. He might be asexual. He might be a narcissist. Etc. Etc. What's important is that the way he experiences life is the way a lot of people, myself included, experience it, feeling an "otherness" among others. A circle in a rectangular world. Fiction can give us the experience of this otherness and from that second-or-third-hand experience we can gain a kind of vicarious or intellectual empathy (empathy is best gained from first-hand experience). I didn't like Orvil. He was impetuous and foolish--and a thief! But if I were in his story I'm pretty sure I would have defended him publicly--as his brother Ben did. I would have fought for Orvil's right to be himself, implicitely communicating through my actions that who he is okay--as it's okay that I am who I am. Fairness is, after all, what we're all after. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by S***K on 23 December 2013* I have finished In Youth and started on I Left. Find his writing a pleasure to read and the stories and insights into life intriguing. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.be/products/336764149-penguin-in-youth-is-pleasure](https://www.desertcart.be/products/336764149-penguin-in-youth-is-pleasure) --- *Product available on Desertcart Belgium* *Store origin: BE* *Last updated: 2026-10-24*