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Unconditional Satisfaction GuaranteeNo Shipping Fees Above 302 Months to Decide. Returns Simplified.FromNew York Timesbestselling author Eliot Schrefer comes an exuberant YA historical coming-of-age novel about a rising star French pianist navigating his way into high society as he explores his sexuality. Perfect for fans ofLast Night at the Telegraph ClubandThe Gentlemans Gide to Vice and Virtue.
It all started with a boy who loved the piano . . .
They say Lon Delafosse will be Frances next great pianist. As a sixteen-year-old from a small country town, he knows making that happen will keep his family afloat. Even though hes the youngest student ever accepted into the prestigious Paris Conservatory, theres no way for an impoverished musician to make his way in 1890s Paris without an outside patron to pave his way.
A young gossip columnist named Marcel Proust takes Lon under his wing, using the beautiful teenager as his own entrance key into high society. As the boys game their way through an extravagant new world, Marcel opens unexpected doors. When the larger-than-life Count Robert de Montesquiou-Fzensac offers his patronage, Lons dreams are made real. But the more absorbed he is into dreams of becoming Frances next great thing, the more he strays from the old country life he shared with his mother, his sister, Charlotte, and his best friend, Flix . . . a boy he might love. With each choice Lon makes, he must navigate a fine line between two worldsor risk losing it all.
