Description
Sophisticated, mature and richly atmospheric, a debut novel about three young people navigating the risks and possibilities of intimacy
For fans of André Aciman, Deborah Levy and the Penguin European Writers series
''Smart, elegant and moving... [A] heady mix of hope and nostalgia, of desire and regret, of new love and lost love'' Sunday Times
''Remarkably assured... Sharp, vividly imagined and affecting, [it] intrigues and captivates'' Irish Times
''The love child of Normal People and Brideshead Revisited... Sublime and elegiac'' Francesca Reece
Thora, August and Hugo come from different worlds - one an art school dreamer, one a wealthy scion of the old elite, and one an ordinary boy from out of town. But over the course of two sky-blue summers in Stockholm, they are drawn together magnetically.
The novel opens years later, when Hugo, long estranged from Thora and
