{"product_id":"heatwave-9781471199790b","title":"Heatwave","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWinner of the Prix de la vocation 2019\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Prix Femina de lycéens 2019\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Crime Writers Association 'Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger' 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eOscar is dead because I watched him die and did nothing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the end of August and the long summer holidays are drawing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA literary sensation in France, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHeatwave\u003c\/span\u003e is an unsettling and evocative novel that examines our darkest impulses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Sam Taylor, translator of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eLullaby \u003c\/span\u003eby Leila Slimani, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair\u003c\/span\u003e by Joël Dicker and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHHhH\u003c\/span\u003e by Laurent Binet\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e‘A short, sharp, shock of a novel… beautifully done’ \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The modern day successor to Francoise Sagan'\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e Evening Standard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Jestin evokes adolescent turmoil with great delicacy and poignancy’ \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The Summer Page-Turner You Have To Read' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eWaterstones\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42823737311312,"sku":"9781471199790B","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781471199790-l.jpg?v=1785893668","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/heatwave-9781471199790b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}