Philippe Besson

About The Author

Philippe Besson is a prizewinning author, screenwriter, and playwright. His first novel, In the Absence of Men, was awarded the Emmanuel-Roblès prize in 2001, and he is also the author of Lie with Me, a #1 French bestseller. His novels have been translated into twenty different languages.

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Books by Philippe Besson

The Summer Boy

A Novel

By Philippe Besson

Translated by Sam Taylor

"Perfect reading for a heatwave . . . Doomed youth, simmering desire and 100-proof nostalgia is what Besson does—and he does it very well." —The Times (UK)

From the author of the international bestseller Lie with Me, a “prismatic…moving” (Kirkus Reviews, STA...

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