Synopsis
About L.P. Hartley
See more books from this AuthorA quiet novel of a summer holiday transcribes the drama of a love affair and its betrayal through the deceptively disarming eyes of the youngster who is at first an accessory and then a victim of a situation he cannot really understand.
Jul 26 1954 | Read Full Review of The Go-Between (New York Revi...A summer visit to a friend's English estate lands a young man in hot water when he falls for his host's older sister and becomes embroiled in a dangerous game.
Jun 30 2011 | Read Full Review of The Go-Between (New York Revi...Have you ever had an experience so profound, you felt like a different person once it was over? Author Ann Brashares recommends a story of heartbreak that remakes the personality of a young teen: The Go-Between, by L.P. Hartley.
Jun 22 2011 | Read Full Review of The Go-Between (New York Revi...One of the fabled opening lines in modern literature: ‘The past is a foreign country: They do things differently there.’ The NYRB paperback has a superb new introduction by Colm Tóibín, but don’t read it until after you’ve read the book itself.
Mar 31 2002 | Read Full Review of The Go-Between (New York Revi...An aggregated and normalized score based on 42 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes