PURSUIT TILL MORNING

by Alan Wykes ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 4, 1947

By a young Englishman under the influence of the experimentalists, this is a stylized, symbolic, often word-conscious story of distorted and violent emotionalism. Within a day, Laurie's lifetime hatred of his stepbrother, Arnold Katesgrove, reaches its catharsis in revenge. Here are the years that precede this revenge; Laurie's purgatorial childhood with his stepfather and with Arnold; Arnold's immaculate and pharisaical perfectionism which conceals his licentiousness, his lewd pursuit of Freda, Freda who was to marry Laurie and to die of a recurrence of a disease for which Arnold was indirectly responsible. With her death, Laurie exacts the full penalty in a ""pursuit till morning"" ... An extreme, often savage study of an obsessive hate and its vindication- for a limited market.

Pub Date: Aug. 4, 1947

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Random House

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1947

Categories: FICTION