The Summer Boy: A Novel by Philippe Besson, Sam Taylor Scribner Book Company Using striking full-color photographs and

Using striking full-color photographs and illustrations of warfare

“Utterly compelling and impossible to put down

hoping to find safety in America

Through Jim Burden’s affectionate reminiscence of his childhood friend

The Summer Boy: A Novel by Philippe Besson, Sam Taylor Scribner Book Company Using striking full-color photographs andOn an island off the coast of France, six teenagers come together for a summer of desire and discovery until one of them vanishes forever, leaving the rest with an enduring mystery. Tell me, do you know why the most beautiful love stories must always end badly? In the summer of 1985, on a scruffy resort island off the coast of France, six teenagersfive boys and one girlband together for a final golden season before adulthood. Their days are drenched