NOW A MAJOR FILMTHE NO.1 FRENCH BESTSELLER `Stunning and heart-gripping` Andre Aciman, author of Call Me by Your Name `A beautiful, shattering novel about desire and shame, about passionate youth and the regrets of age` Olivia Laing, bestselling author of Crudo Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe, a famous writer, chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. What follows is a look back to Philippe`s teenage years, to a winter morning in 1984, a small French high school, and a carefully timed encounter between two seventeen-year-olds. It`s the start of a secret, intensely passionate, world-altering love affair between Philippe and his classmate, Thomas. Dazzlingly rendered by Molly Ringwald, the acclaimed actor and writer, in her first-ever translation, Besson`s exquisitely moving coming-of-age story captures the tenderness of first love - and the heart-breaking passage of time.`It has been years since anything moved me as much as Lie With Me. It will become a classic.` Jonathan Coe, bestselling author of Middle England`An intense, unforgettable novel, alive with the ache of longing and loss.` Sarah Waters, bestselling, award-winning author of The Little Stranger and Fingersmith`Devastating and tender; this is the book I wish I`d read when I was 15, and a book I`m glad to have as a companion now` Andrew McMillan, award-winning author of Physical`A deeply moving depiction of first love, both tender and elegiac.` John Boyne, bestselling author of A Ladder to the Sky and The Heart`s Invisible Furies`A slender, sad, acute novel... absolutely excellent` Sarah Perry, bestselling author of The Essex Serpent and Melmoth`A tender, sensuous novel` New York Times Book Review `Full of Proustian echoes, this story of gay adolescence deals with complex issues of class, shame and secrecy` Guardian`A poignant tale that captures the intensity of first love with all its sadness, longing and regret` Daily Mail`This novel can be read in a matter of hours, but its impact, like the love affair it details, will echo in the mind` Irish Times
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