In the Absence of Men

＂From the author of the international bestseller Lie with Me comes the tale of an affair between an aristocratic teenager and a soldier, as they discover the possibilities and perils of first love＂--

Philippe Besson is an author, screenwriter, and playwright. He is the author of, among other novels, In the Absence of Men, winner of the Emmanuel Roblès Prize, and Lie with Me, an international bestseller that won the Maison de la Presse Prize and was a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice.