![]() It will become a classic.' Jonathan Coe, bestselling author of Middle England 'It has been years since anything moved me as much as Lie With Me. It's the start of a secret, intensely passionate, world-altering love affair between Philippe and his classmate, Thomas.Äazzlingly 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. ![]() 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. Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe, a famous writer, chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. ![]() 'A beautiful, shattering novel about desire and shame, about passionate youth and the regrets of age' Olivia Laing, bestselling author of Crudo 'Stunning and heart-gripping' Andre Aciman, author of Call Me by Your Name ![]()
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