Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. The bike smells like gasoline and makes a lot of noise, and sometimes I’m frightened when the wheels slip on the gravel on the dirt road, but the only thing that matters is that I’m holding on to him, that I’m holding on to him outside. We drive at high speed along back roads, through woods, vineyards, and oat fields. The award-winning, best-selling French novel by Philippe Besson - “the French Brokeback Mountain ” ( Elle ) - about an affair between two teenage boys in 1984 France, translated with subtle beauty and haunting lyricism by the iconic and internationally acclaimed actress/writer Molly Ringwald. “Stunning and heart-gripping.” (André Aciman, author of Call Me by Your Name ) TheSkimm ’s LGBTQ+ books to celebrate Pride The Wall Street Journal ’s 10 Books You’ll Want to Read this Spring O, The Oprah Magazine ’s Best LGBTQ Books That'll Change the Literary Landscape in 2019 A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
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