{"product_id":"the-end-of-eddy-zdouard-louis-9781250449801","title":"The End of Eddy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe celebrated debut novel from Édouard Louis: the \"equal parts frank, provocative and compelling\" (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e) coming-of-age story about growing up gay in a working-class town in Picardy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Every morning in the bathroom I would repeat the same phrase to myself over and over again . . . \u003ci\u003eToday I'm really gonna be a tough guy.\u003c\/i\u003e\" Growing up in a poor village in northern France, all Eddy Bellegueule wanted was to be a man in the eyes of his family and neighbors. But from childhood, he was different--\"girlish,\" intellectually precocious, and attracted to other men. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated into more than twenty languages, \u003ci\u003eThe End of Eddy\u003c\/i\u003e captures the violence and desperation of life in a French factory town. It is also a sensitive, universal portrait of boyhood and sexual awakening. Like Karl Ove Knausgaard or Edmund White, Édouard Louis writes from his own undisguised experience, but he writes with an openness and a compassionate intelligence that are all his own. The result--a critical and popular triumph--has made him the most celebrated French writer of his generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Édouard Louis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250449804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250449801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Édouard Louis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48154162757887,"sku":"9781250449801","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1721fbb-8e47-48f1-a283-ab694e9a524a.jpg?v=1770788312","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-end-of-eddy-zdouard-louis-9781250449801","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}