'[A] page-turner of a novel . . . I couldn't put the book down' -
New York Times 'A multi-viewpoint panorama of thwarted aspirations,
spiced with breathy sex scenes and nostalgic detail.' - Mail on
Sunday August 1992. Fourteen-year-old Anthony and his cousin decide
to steal a canoe to fight their all-consuming boredom on a lazy
summer afternoon. Their simple act of defiance will lead to
Anthony's first love and his first real summer - that one summer
that comes to define everything that follows. Over four sultry
summers in the 1990s, Anthony and his friends grow up in a France
trapped between nostalgia and decline, decency and rage, desperate
to escape their small town, the scarred countryside and grey
council estates, in search of a more hopeful future. Nicolas
Mathieu's eloquent novel gives a pitch-perfect depiction of teenage
angst. Winner of the Prix Goncourt, it won praise for its portrayal
of people living on the margins and shines a light on the struggles
of French society today. 'Deeply felt . . . An exceptional portrait
of youth' - Irish Times
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