Anyone's Ghost

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A gorgeous modern love story about two young men who meet, almost fall in love, and find their lives caught up in three car crashes - for fans of Call Me by Your Name, A Little Life and One Day. The gorgeous, devastating must-read queer love story.'It should be placed alongside modern love stories such as Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow'– Crack'This book will make you cry' – Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything is IlluminatedIt took three car crashes to kill Jake . . .The first crash. New Hampshire. Teenagers Theron and Jake meet in the heat of the summer. Jake is everything Theron wants to be – hot, cool, interesting. Drunk in Jake’s van on their last night together, they hurtle off a dirt road at 2am.The second crash. New York City. Jake and Theron have drifted apart, but when they are reunited in the midst of a hurricane, they are both forever changed.The third crash. Texas. Driving on a lonely highway, Jake finds the oblivion he has always been chasing in one final collision, and Theron is left to grapple with the ghosts of their past.August Thompson's debut Anyone's Ghost is:'Genuinely powerful' - The Irish Times'Electric' - Vogue'A beautiful exploration of the all-encompassing nature of friendship, specifically male friendship, and the devastating speed at which grief can derail your life' - Service95

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This new novel is a real heart-squeezer. Beautiful, one of a kind and perfectly titled\' - Matt Berninger of The National\'An overwhelmingly beautiful love story. This book will make you cry\' - Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything is Illuminated \'Genuinely powerful\' - The Irish TimesA gorgeous modern love story about the lives that change us, and the loves that haunt us. Set over twenty years, August Thompson\'s debut Anyone\'s Ghost will break your heart.It took three car crashes to kill Jake.The lonely life of fifteen-year-old Theron David Alden is transformed when he meets Jake. Older, cooler, more confident and startlingly beautiful, Jake likes the same bands, the same drugs, and has the same drive to oblivion.Over the course of two decades, Theron and Jake get high, drift apart, and are brought hurtling back together, until a final collision tears them apart forever.Theron wants Jake, and he wants to be Jake. But is Jake brave enough to want him back?\'You know those books that you take with you everywhere? That you won\'t stop talking about to your friends? That bring it all back? That change you? Anyone\'s Ghost is that book\' - Junot Diaz, author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoPerfect for fans of A Little Life and One Day.

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August Thompson (Auteur) - Verschenen op 19/06/2025 bij Palgrave Macmillan