Little Boy Lost (novel) explained

Little Boy Lost
Author:Marghanita Laski
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Publisher:Cresset Press (UK)
Houghton Mifflin (US)
Release Date:December 1949
Media Type:Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Isbn:0-248-98373-3
Isbn Note:(first edition, hardback)

Little Boy Lost is a dramatic novel by Marghanita Laski that was published in 1949. It was republished in 2001 by Persephone Books.

Plot

The novel focuses on Hilary Wainwright, an English man, on the search for his lost son in the ruins of post-war France. Hilary at first resents the child he finds because it interferes with memories of his late wife.[1]

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

A motion picture version of the same title starring Bing Crosby was released in 1953.

Reception

Kirkus Reviews found Little Boy Lost "An inescapably affecting story where sentiment is edged by bitterness."[2] while Nicholas Lezard of the Guardian wrote "If you like a novel that expertly puts you through the wringer, this is the one." and "This is haunting stuff."[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: British Women's Writing, 1930 to 1960: Between the Waves. Liverpool University Press. 2020. 9781789627626. Gill Plain. 158.
  2. Web site: Little Boy Lost . kirkusreviews.com . Kirkus Media LLC . 17 May 2015 .
  3. News: Lezard. Nicholas. Touched by the past: Nicholas Lezard enjoys being put through the wringer by Marghanita Laski's Little Boy Lost, an extraordinarily gripping period piece . 17 May 2015. the guardian. 15 September 2001.