Charming Young Man
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From New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer comes an exuberant YA historical coming-of-age novel about a rising star French pianist, navigating his way into high society as he explores his sexuality. Perfect for fans of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and The Gentlemanâs Guide to Vice and Virtue.
They say LÃĐon Delafosse will be Franceâs next great pianist. But despite his being the youngest student ever accepted into the prestigious Paris Conservatory, thereâs no way an impoverished musician can make his way in 1890s Paris without an outside patron.
Young gossip columnist Marcel Proust takes LÃĐon under his wing, and the boys game their way through an extravagant new world. When the larger-than-life Count Robert de Montesquiou-FÃĐzensac offers his patronage, LÃĐonâs dreams are made real. But the closer he gets to becoming Franceâs next great thing, the further he strays from his old country life he shared with his family and his best friend, FÃĐlix . . . a boy he might love.
With each choice LÃĐon makes, he must navigate a fine line between two worldsâor risk losing them both.Â
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Eliot Schrefer is the New York Times bestselling author of many books for kids and teens, including The Darkness Outside Us and its sequel, The Brightness Between Us, as well as Charming Young Man, Endangered, and Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality. His books have twice been named finalists for the National Book Award in Young Peopleâs Literature and have garnered a Printz Honor, a Stonewall Honor, and the Green Earth Book Award. He is on the faculty of the creative writing MFA programs at Hamline University and Fairleigh Dickinson University and lives with his husband in New York City. Visit him online at eliotschrefer.com.
