Finistère

"A lyrical gay coming-of-age story first published in 1951, acclaimed by many including Gore Vidal and The New York Times, about Matthew, a young American who moves to France with his mother following his parents' divorce. In boarding school and on trips with his mother into the countryside, Matthew navigates his budding sexuality and complicated new relationships with trepidation and hardship until he is forced to confront finistère--land's end--where the brutal truths of the world can be found. Finstère was a profound achievement in the early years of the 1950s, and sold over 350,000…