Lie With Me

A beautiful, shattering novel about desire and shame, about passionate youth and the regrets of age. – Olivia Laing, bestselling author of ‘Crudo’ and ‘The Lonely City’A stunning and heart-gripping tale – André Aciman, author of ‘Call Me by Your Name’An intense, unforgettable novel, alive with the ache of longing and loss. – Sarah Waters, bestselling, award-winning author of ‘The Little Stranger’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’A deeply moving depiction of first love, both tender and elegiac. – John Boyne, bestselling author of ‘A Ladder to the Sky’A timeless love story. Molly Ringwald’s translation is as clear and beautiful as the story it depicts. You’ll read it in a night, but its exquisite heartbreak will linger. – David Ebershoff, author of ‘The Danish Girl’The uncanny thrill of Philippe Besson’s Lie With Me rises up from Molly Ringwald’s elegant translation with the intensity of meeting a stranger on a train who tells you a single unforgettable story and then leaves. And his voice haunts me still – Alexander Chee, author of ‘How to Write an Autobiographical Novel’ and ‘The Queen of the Night’An elegiac tale of first, hidden love between two teenage boys who have no chance of a shared future, “Lie with Me” sold more than a hundred thousand copies in France, where it won several prizes and is being made into a movie. – Lauren Collins * New Yorker *Lie With Me is an exquisite whisper that lingers long after you’ve finished reading it – Kevin Kwan, author of ‘Crazy Rich Asians’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’

Philippe Besson is the author of a number of award-winning novels and screenplays. The French edition of Lie With Me sold over 120,000 copies, was a no.1 bestseller, and won the prestigious Maison de la Presse prize.

Molly Ringwald’s writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Guardian, and Vogue, and she is the author of the bestselling novel-in-stories When It Happens to You.