The End of Eddy: A Novel

The celebrated debut novel from Édouard Louis: the “equal parts frank, provocative and compelling” (Financial Times) coming-of-age story about growing up gay in a working-class town in Picardy.

“Every morning in the bathroom I would repeat the same phrase to myself over and over again . . . Today I’m really gonna be a tough guy.” Growing up in a poor village in northern France, all Eddy Bellegueule wanted was to be a man in the eyes of his family and neighbors. But from childhood, he was dif...