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Bollond

by E. H. W. Meyerstein

A young man’s uncertain path through 1920s London

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A young man’s uncertain path through 1920s London

Written in 1920 but unpublished during E. H. W. Meyerstein’s lifetime, *Bollond* centers on Reginald Bolland after his expulsion from school and home. He heads to London’s West End, where he weighs several possible identities and livelihoods, including poet and actor. The publisher’s description places him among homosexuals, street-cads, prostitutes, and drug-takers, presenting a portrait of marginalized urban life. The novel’s premise brings questions of belonging, sexuality, and self-definition into focus against its early twentieth-century setting.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in early twentieth-century English fiction and London settings
  • Those exploring historical portrayals of sexuality and marginalized urban life
  • Readers curious about obscure, posthumously published literary works

Themes

Belonging and exclusionSexuality and identityUrban marginalityArtistic and personal possibility

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Book overview

Bollond is a book which could have been written by no one else but the obscure and strangely-obsessed E. H. W. Meyerstein (1889 -1952). The novel, put to paper in 1920, but, due to its content, never published during the author's lifetime, tells of the adventures of Reginald Bolland who, after being expelled from both school and home, sets out for the West End of London, where he is torn between becoming a rent boy, a toy boy, a poet, or an actor. Existing in a world of homosexuals, street-cads, prostitutes, and drug-takers, this highly stimulating story is an anti-classic of a very high order.

 

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