Heatwave

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Beschreibung

<p>'A short, sharp, shock of a novel... beautifully done' <i><b>Daily Mail</b></i><br>'The modern day successor to Francoise Sagan' <i><b>Evening Standard</b></i><br>'Jestin evokes adolescent turmoil with great delicacy and poignancy' <i><b>Times Literary Supplement</b></i><br>'The Summer Page-Turner You Have To Read' <i><b>Waterstones</b></i></p><p><b>Winner of the Prix de la vocation 2019</b><br><b>Winner of the Prix Femina de lycéens 2019</b><br><b>Longlisted for the Crime Writers Association 'Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger' 2022</b><br><br><i>Oscar is dead because I watched him die and did nothing.</i><br><br>It is the end of August and the long summer holidays are drawing to a close. Seventeen-year-old Leonard is on a camping holiday with his family in the South of France. Awkward and ill at ease, he is an outsider who creeps away from parties unnoticed after a couple of drinks.<br><br>On the final Friday of the trip, unable to sleep, Leonard goes for a walk and sees one of the boys from the campsite, Oscar, hanging from the rope of a playground swing. Leonard watches as the rope slowly strangles Oscar. Then, unable to think straight, he buries the body in the sand, and returns to his tent.<br><br>The next day is the hottest in seventeen years. Disoriented by the oppressive heat, and distracted by his desire for a girl named Luce, Leonard spends the ensuing hours trying not to unravel.<br> <br>A literary sensation in France, <i>Heatwave</i> is an unsettling and evocative novel that examines our darkest impulses.<br><br><b>Translated by Sam Taylor, translator of </b><i><b>Lullaby </b></i><b>by Leila Slimani, </b><i><b>The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair </b></i><b>by Joël Dicker and </b><i><b>HHhH </b></i><b>by Laurent Binet</b><br><br>"This is a searingly vivid novel that depicts the torments of adolescence in a sensual, carnal way. But it is also a profound meditation on the mystery of evil, our deadly urges, and the savagery that lies deep within e

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781471199790

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

195 x 127 x 12 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Verlag / Hersteller

Simon + Schuster UK