Roger Peyrefitte — Les Amities Particulieres

Paris, Club Des Editeurs, 1956. Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce limited edition copy of his novel from French writer Roger Peyrefitte, in the original French. French. Limited to seven thousand copies, of which this is number four thousand five hundred and thirty-six. Originally published in 1943, this novel is the author's best-known work today and won the Prix Renaudot. Largely autobiographical, it deals with an intimate relationship between two boys at a Roman Catholic boarding school and its destruction by a priest's will to protect them from homosexuality. Written by Pierre Roger Peyrefitte, a French diplomat and writer of both novels and non-fiction. He was an active defender of gay rights and pederasty. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light wear to the extremities and fading to the spine and board edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .