A SUMMERS BURNING

by Harry J. Boyle ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 8, 1964

A crucial summer in a farm boy's growing up is told simply, dramatically, and with an autobiographical reality, in this fine unpretentious novel. Joe Doyle lives on a farm, near a placid small town, with his parents and grandfather. His parents take in Sammy, a young city tough, who, without being precisely evil himself, is a catalyst which reveals to Joe the undercurrents of sex, crime, and human problems in his rural life. Finally the whole town, exploding over an accidental death and a fierce summer, also loses its innocence, and Joe is irrevocably changed. Relaxed, humorous, but with vividly complex characters and scenes, this novel unobtrusively creates a genuine sense of being, and becoming, alive.

Pub Date: May 8, 1964

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1964

Categories: FICTION