THE NO.1 FRENCH BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE MAISON DE LA PRESSE PRIZE'Stunning and
heart-gripping' André Aciman author of Call Me by Your Name 'A beautiful shattering novel
about desire and shame about passionate youth and the regrets of age' Olivia Laing
bestselling author of Crudo Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux Philippe a famous writer
chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. 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. It's the start of a secret
intensely passionate world-altering love affair between Philippe and his classmate Thomas.
Dazzlingly 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. 'It has been years since anything moved me as
much as Lie With Me. It will become a classic.' Jonathan Coe bestselling author of Middle
England'An intense unforgettable novel alive with the ache of longing and loss.' Sarah Waters
bestselling award-winning author of The Little Stranger and Fingersmith'Devastating and tender
this is the book I wish I'd read when I was 15 and a book I'm glad to have as a companion now'
Andrew McMillan award-winning author of Physical 'A deeply moving depiction of first love
both tender and elegiac.' John Boyne bestselling author of A Ladder to the Sky and The Heart's
Invisible Furies'A slender sad acute novel... absolutely excellent' Sarah Perry bestselling
author of The Essex Serpent and Melmoth 'A tender sensuous novel' New York Times Book Review
'Full of Proustian echoes this story of gay adolescence deals with complex issues of class
shame and secrecy' Guardian'A poignant tale that captures the intensity of first love with all
its sadness longing and regret' Daily Mail'A clear-sighted and passionate coming-of-age
narrative. Detailing in elegant and plain prose the anxious and intense first falling-in-love
between two schoolboys Lie With Me has a tenderness and insight that is reminiscent of the
writings of Garth Greenwell. This novel can be read in a matter of hours but its impact like
the love affair it details will echo in the mind' Irish Times
