Er ist extrem auf der Suche nach sich selbst, löst sich von seiner Familie und fühlt sich mit sich sehr allein. Von nun an ist der letzte Urlaubstag unter Angst ein überhitzter Katalysator, ein Brennglas all dessen, was schiefläuft.

Heatwave is a short book and the writing is easily to access so you can read this in just one sitting on a quiet evening or a lazy Sunday afternoon. In a spectacular display of bad judgement Leo then buries Oscar's body in the sand to hide the death. Moving and cinematic’ La Vie ‘At 25, Victor Jestin makes his mark with an unsettling first novel’ Elle ‘An author so young, who succeeds in creating such a powerful fable, demands to be followed’ Lire ‘A sensual first novel that’s remorseless about the end of innocence’ Le Vif L’Express ‘A beautiful narrative that puts into play the kind of guilt that won’t quit a boy who’s alienated from his world and resistant to all its codes’ Telerama ‘Tense and brief, this text plays with the codes of a first novel to paint a portrait of a sad and aloof teenager’ L’Humanite ‘Victor Jestin portrays with cruel exactitude the throes of an adolescent trapped in a secret too heavy to bear’ L’Obs ‘At 25, Victor Jestin has written a Sagan-like novel. Da der Autor sehr viel näher an der Gedankenwelt eines pubertierenden 16 jährigen Jungen dran ist als ich, muss ich das wohl so hinnehmen. The reviews by some saying that it's a challenger to Salinger's 'Catcher In The Rye' is somewhat insulting.Our soon-to-be orphaned narrator’s mother is a substance-abusing teenage single mom who checks out via OD on his 11th birthday, and Demon’s cynical, wised-up voice is light-years removed from David Copperfield’s earnest tone. I nearly wished there was more but ultimately I think keeping it short is what makes it so poignant and powerful. Ultimately, Heatwave is an intriguing thriller which examines good versus evil and humanity’s underlying barbarism when faced with unfamiliar situations. I loved the writing, which is spare but highly evocative, and I admired the way that the author used the enclosed world of the campsite to fuel the claustrophobic tension that mounts throughout.

More nuanced and emotionally engaging is Demon’s fierce attachment to his home ground, a place where he is known and supported, tested to the breaking point as the opiate epidemic engulfs it.Ma, come dicevo, la sensazione che Léonard agisca per inedia esistenziale dura poco, le prime brevi pagine.