· Kenneth Mackenzie was born in in South Perth, Western Australia. Unhappy years boarding at Guildford Grammar School were the basis for his highly acclaimed first novel, The Young Desire It. Mackenzie's subsequent novels were The Chosen (), Dead Men Rising ()—based partly on his experiences after he was deemed unfit for active service in the war—and The Refuge Brand: Text Publishing Company. · There are exceptions. DH Lawrence wrote his first novel in his early 20s, roughly the same age at which Kenneth Mackenzie wrote his precocious masterpiece, The Young Desire It, now reissued in the Text Classics series. Like Lawrence (and Malouf, who contributes an excellent introductory essay to the new edition), Mackenzie was a fine bltadwin.ru: Peter Goldsworthy. In , Kerryn Goldsworthy wrote of ‘the development of Queer theory and the concomitant new critical interest in the work of Kenneth ‘Seaforth’ Mackenzie, particularly his best-known novel, The Young Desire It one of the earliest Australian novels to treat explicitly and in detail the subject of male homosexual love and desire.’ In the novel’s most explicit scene, ‘Penworth kisses [Charles] clumsily Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.
The Young Desire It, by Kenneth Mackenzie.. Kenneth Mackenzie's splendid first novel, The Young Desire It (originally published in ), makes a distinguished addition to the list. Mackenzie. The Young Desire It is the first novel by Australian author, Kenneth Mackenzie, and this volume has been published under the Text Classics banner. The page introduction by David Malouf is both very insightful and quite informative about the author. At fifteen, Charles Fox, serious, intense, sensitive and introspective, is sent to boarding. Peter Craven is one of Australia's best-known literary and culture critics. He writes regularly for both the Fairfax and Murdoch press about literature, film, television, and theatre. The Young Desire It. by Kenneth Mackenzie. Text Publishing, $ pb, pp, decrease font size Text increase font size.
The Young Desire It () is a novel by Australian author Seaforth Mackenzie. It won the ALS Gold Medal for Best Novel in The Young Desire It Kenneth Mackenzie Originally , I read Text Classics pages, coming of age, school story, love and nature. There are exceptions. DH Lawrence wrote his first novel in his early 20s, roughly the same age at which Kenneth Mackenzie wrote his precocious masterpiece, The Young Desire It, now reissued in the Text Classics series. Like Lawrence (and Malouf, who contributes an excellent introductory essay to the new edition), Mackenzie was a fine poet.
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