01 January, 2023
This fresh, eminently readable novel uses multiple viewpoints to reveal a story told ten years on of a teenage pact which went horribly wrong. Sophie Coulombeau’s web of lies and self-deception sees characters expose themselves through their own words and questions the existence of objective truth in the murky ambiguity of moral choices.
Winner of the Next Great Novelist Award 2012 ‘When I was fourteen I did something terrible. At least, that’s what some people tell me.’ Four teenagers make a pact to lose their virginity away from the watchful eyes of parents and priest. Fifteen years later, they reflect on the past and unravel how it all went so horribly wrong. What really went on ..
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