The blacking factory and Pennsylvania gothic : a short novel and a long story

W. Sheed

This two short novels deals with the hold the past can have on the future of young boys. In the satire "The blacking factory " Sheed deals with the failure of both schooling and learning, especially the vaunted British public school and university system. A gay-relevant short novel. "Pennsylvania gothic" it is the sinister ethos of death in a pre-war New England town which threatens a boy's security and his future.