pickI purchased this book in the summer of ‘71, and aside from the last chapter have not read it until now. Raucher‘s novel is both embarrassingly funny and heartbreakingly sad. His descriptions of adolescent boys and sex are spot on hilarious. His description of Hermie trying to impress Dorothy is humiliating and painfully accurate. The conclusion is tragic and cathartic. I tear up every time I read it, and this time was no exception.
#songsofsummer. A 15 year old boy trying to be a man and get his loved returned by a 23 year old woman. A much younger me read this book and was enthralled by it. I wonder what I would think now?
The Boys of Summer is always on my summer music playlist!
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#AwesomeAutumnBooks #coverlovers As summer fades to fall,looked back in the #vintage stacks for a little nostalgic revenge.Wife with an ideal marriage (she thinks)out at summer resort when word comes hubbys shacked up with his green eyed secretary, Maggie goes wild...Have not read , wonder how many books like this written in the pulps heyday!
Just a few #summer reads from my past. Books were not censored in my childhood so I actually read Summer of '42 in 6th grade, before Summer of My German Soldier. 😮#riotgrams @Liberty
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