Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Corgi Childrens
Date Published: 1971
ISBN-13:9780552086516ISBN:0552086517
Description: 0552086517. 1976 reprint. Pages good but foxed to edges. Cover has some wear, discolouration. Will be sent from Devon within 24 hours by first class post.; 144 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Corgi
Date Published: 1971
ISBN-13:9780552086516ISBN:0552086517
Description: Acceptable. EXCELLENT value for money and ready for dispatch. Delivery usually within 3/5 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McCall, NY
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780841500174ISBN:0841500177
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0841500177. First American edition. Slight spine slant, else very good in a very good (minor edge wear, lightly soiled) dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McCall Publishing, NY
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780841500174ISBN:0841500177
Description: First US edition, first prnt. Few small dampstains on top edge; dustjacket with few spots on front panel and minor wear at spine ends; Near Fine condition in a Very Good+ dustjacket with a Durafold mylar cover. Actual image of the book; not a stock photo. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: McCall
Date Published: 1970
Description: Hardback. First American Edition. Very good condition book in a Very good condition dustjacket. Small, Previous owner's inventory number on title page. Tight, sound, unmarked copy with minor darkening to edges. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: SOUVENIR PRESS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780285635166ISBN:0285635166
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 192 pages. (192 pages) the first british novel to explore, frankly and with unabashed honesty, the sexual awakening of an adolescent boy and to describe his youthful preoccupation with masturbation in such explicit terms. a classic study of a journey of self-discovery, it has stood the test of time and, nearly thirty years after it was first published, can be enjoyed as a witty portrayal of experiences common to all young males as they reach puberty and embark on the stormy ... read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780297179603ISBN:0297179608
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 8vo. Boards. Pp. 192. The Horatio Stubbs Trilogy was: "The Hand-Reared Boy" (1970), "A Soldier Erect" (1971), and "A Rude Awakening" (1978). read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780297179603ISBN:0297179608
Description: Very Good in a Near Fine dustjacket. Red boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 189pps. There is mild rubbing to the board-edges and there is a faint pencil erasure in the upper corner of the ffep. Also, several pages had been dog-earred. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has light touches of rubbing wear at the extremities; the original price is intact. "...The first of a quartet of novels which will ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: The McCall Publishing Company,
Date Published: [1970]
ISBN-13:9780841500174ISBN:0841500177
Description: Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Signed inscription by Aldiss to a New York book editor on front free endpaper. First book of the Horatio Stubbs trilogy. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#112094) read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London
Date Published: 1970
Description: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Early edition bound in red cloth. Fine in a Nearly Fine DJ. Not price clipped. Novel by well known SF author.; 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall; 189 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780285635166ISBN:0285635166
Description: New. The first British novel to explore, frankly and with unabashed honesty, the sexual awakening of an adolescent boy and to describe his youthful preoccupation with masturbation in such explicit terms. A classic study of a journey of self-discovery, it h... read more
Description: Good. 0841500177 Dust jacket has some discoloration, previous owner name on front in grease pencil. 4/10 on front cover in grease pencil. Previous owner name plate inside, old price inside. Book itself is in good shape. read more
"I think it might have been Martin Amis who said that the main difference between pornography and mainstream literature lies in the treatment of masturbation. In mainstream literature, the basic assumption is that people don't masturbate. In pornography, the assumption is that people do nothing but masturbate.
According to those criteria, The Hand-Reared Boy can only be pornography. I didn't really experience it that way, however. It just happens to be the case that younger teenage boys do, indeed, spend a great deal of time masturbating and thinking about masturbating. The reasons are simple. Their hormones are set up so that their libidos are extremely active. However, since most of them aren't able to find girls who are interested in having sex with them, masturbation (either on their own, or with other boys) is the only kind of sex they are likely to get. Brian Aldiss's novel acknowledges these facts.
Thankfully, I never went to an all-male boarding school, so I can't say whether his descriptions of what goes on there at night are accurate. I'm inclined to believe they are. The novel is quite well written - Aldiss was a fine craftsman - and certainly scores for sociological interest. I'm undecided as to whether it can be classed as erotica. I can't say it turned me on, but I'm sure it all depends on your tastes!"
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