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AND THEIR CHILDREN AFTER THEM - NICOLAS MATHIEU...

'[A] page-turner of a novel . . . I couldn't put the book down' - New York Times'A
multi-viewpoint panorama of thwarted aspirations  spiced with breathy sex scenes and nostalgic
detail.' - Mail on SundayAugust 1992. Fourteen-year-old Anthony and his cousin decide to steal
a canoe to fight their all-consuming boredom on a lazy summer afternoon. Their simple act of
defiance will lead to Anthony's first love and his first real summer - that one summer that
comes to define everything that follows.Over four sultry summers in the 1990s  Anthony and his
friends grow up in a France trapped between nostalgia and decline  decency and rage  desperate
to escape their small town  the scarred countryside and grey council estates  in search of a
more hopeful future.Nicolas Mathieu's eloquent novel gives a pitch-perfect depiction of teenage
angst. Winner of the Prix Goncourt  it won praise for its portrayal of people living on the
margins and shines a light on the struggles of French society today.'Deeply felt . . . An
exceptional portrait of youth' - Irish Times

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