The Go-Between.

Description

Narrated as a memoir, this excellent novel tells the story of one summer at the turn of the century when the narrator was a young boy. The boy spends the summer in question as a guest at a country estate where he befriends a local farmer. He soon finds himself acting as an unwitting messenger, carrying letters back and forth between the farmer and the daughter of his host on whom he has a crush.

First Sentence

THE 8TH of July was a Sunday, and on the following Monday I left West Hatch, the village where we lived near Salisbury, for Brandham Hall.

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Other Editions

• The Go-Between.Penguin Books
• The go-betweenPenguin Books in association with Hamish Hamilton1953-01-01
• The go-betweenHamish Hamilton1953-01-01
• The go-betweenHamilton1953-01-01
• The go-betweenAlfred A. Knopf1954-01-01
• The go-betweenPenguin1958-01-01