Description: Turtle Point Press proudly presents an unjustly neglected classic of post-war fiction Young Duncan Cameron is a lonely, recently orphaned adolescent boy with a penchant for committing petty thefts at his English boarding school. Sent to live with his eccentric bachelor uncle Gerald, a retired colonel, Duncan must grow up fast, but is strangely detached from life. First published in 1948, this daring and poignant forgotten first novel by British writer Jocelyn Brooke is a minor classic. With its subtle homoeroticism, its quiet depiction of a childhood adrift in silence and despair, its exquisite writing, and its inevitable air of tragedy, The Scapegoat makes for absorbing reading. The suggestiveness of the book's themes feel contemporary, and in its beautifully wrought exploration of both childhood and masculinity, it is a powerful novel -- which resonates in unexpected ways. The novel features an afterword by writer Peter Cameron.

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