A Word Child

Saved from a delinquent childhood by education, cheated out of Oxford by a tragic love tangle, Hilary Burde cherishes his obsessive guilt and ekes out a living in a dull civil service job.

Salvat dintr-o copilarie delincventa prin educatie, inselat din Oxford de o incurcatura tragica de dragoste, Hilary Burde isi pretuieste vinovatia obsesiva si isi castiga existenta intr-un serviciu public plictisitor.