Victor Jestin
Heatwave: An Evening Standard 'Best New Book' of 2021
Heatwave: An Evening Standard 'Best New Book' of 2021
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In the summer of 1998, on a camping trip in the South of France, Leonard witnesses the suicide of a boy named Oscar. Distracted by his desire for a girl named Luce, Leonard buries the body in the sand and tries to unravel the mystery of evil and his deadly urges.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 112 pages
Publication date: 28 July 2022
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
A Novel of Shocking Impact
Daily Mail
The Modern Day Successor to Francoise Sagan
Evening Standard
Jestin Evokes Adolescent Turmoil with Great Delicacy and Poignancy
Times Literary Supplement
The Summer Page-Turner You Have to Read
Waterstones
Winner of the Prix de la Vocation 2019
Winner of the Prix Femina de lycéens 2019
Longlisted for the Crime Writers Association Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger
2022
Oscar is Dead Because I Watched Him Die and Did Nothing
The End of August and the Long Summer Holidays Draw to a Close
Seventeen-year-old Leonard is on a Camping Holiday with His Family in the South of France
Awkward and Ill at Ease, He is an Outsider Who Creeps Away from Parties Unnoticed After a Couple of Drinks
On the Final Friday of the Trip, Unable to Sleep, Leonard Goes for a Walk and Sees One of the Boys from the Campsite, Oscar, Hanging from the Rope of a Playground Swing
Leonard Watches as the Rope Slowly Strangles Oscar
Then, Unable to Think Straight, He Buries the Body in the Sand, and Returns to His Tent
The Next Day is the Hottest in Seventeen Years
Disoriented by the Oppressive Heat and Distracted by His Desire for a Girl Named Luce, Leonard Spends the Ensuing Hours Trying Not to Unravel
A Literary Sensation in France, Heatwave is an Unsettling and Evocative Novel That Examines Our Darkest Impulses
Translated by Sam Taylor, Translator of Lullaby by Leila Slimani, The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker, and HHhH by Laurent Binet
Praise for Heatwave:
This is a Searingly Vivid Novel That Depicts the Torments of Adolescence in a Sensual, Carnal Way
Way. But it is also a Profound Meditation on the Mystery of Evil, Our Deadly Urges, and the Complexities of Human Nature.
A Must-Read for Fans of Psychological Thrillers and Those Who Seek to Explore the Darker Side of the Human Condition
Weight: 112g
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781471199790
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