Arthur Morgan is aboard the Queen Mary bound for the United States, where a scholarship at an Ivy League university awaits him, along with the promise of a glittering future. But the few days spent on the ship will have a defining effect on the young Frenchman, when he encounters the love of his life.
From the acclaimed author of "The Foundling Boy" comes this new classic set in 1950s America. Arthur Morgan is aboard the Queen Mary bound for the United States, where a scholarship at an Ivy League university awaits him. But the few days spent on the ship will have a defining effect on the young Frenchman, when he encounters the love of his life. *Also appeared in Nov/Dec Buyer's Notes*
'A wonderfully well-crafted and moving essay on the enduring and often illogical pain of first love' The Daily Mail
'Deon creates characters of quirky depth..slyly funny, yet still touching' The Sunday Times
'Luxury and refinement are paramount in Michel Deon's The Great and the Good' Wall Street Journal
'An elegant and reflective writer' The New York Times
Praise for The Foundling novels
'Quiet, wryly funny prose … a delight' Independent on Sunday
'It is shamefully parochial of us that this eminent writer has been so ignored by the anglophone world' Sunday Times
'A big-hearted coming-of-age shaggy-dog story … leaves you feeling better about life' The Spectator
'Deserves a place alongside Flaubert's Sentimental Education and Le Grand Meaulnes' New Statesman
'Déon is an outrageous storyteller' Times Literary Supplement
