The Go-Between

L.P. Hartley
Hartley

Summering with a fellow schoolboy on a great English estate, Leo, the hero of L. P. Hartley's finest novel, encounters a world of unimagined luxury. But when his friend's beautiful older sister enlists him as the unwitting messenger in her illicit love affair, the aftershocks will be felt for years.—Blackwell North America



"Exceptionally well-written coming-of-age story woven with moving ruminations on time, fate, and how we remember our pasts."—Submitted by Paul D., SIA


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