Aidan ChambersDance On My Grave: Summer of 85

I read this because it was the book eventually revealed as being at the centre of the Simon James Green excellent expose of the homophobic horrors of Section 28 in "Boy Like Me" and which was concealed under the misleading cover "Wildflowers of Great Britain"!"Dance on my Grave" concerns the developing relationship between two gay teenagers in Southend-on-Sea and their sworn agreement that whichever of them outlives the other will dance on his grave - a somewhat odd arrangement in the circumstances, given the youth of the pair and the assumption that there will be an actual grave rather than a cremation. But this is set in 1985 in a rather more conservative time and one of the boys is keen to explore his sexuality with unfortunate and tragic consequences. It is easy to see why it was made into a film as some of the scenes are very easy to imagine visually.

Faltó protección para el libro, pero en buen estado.

If you’re here because you saw Été 85. This is the book the movie is based on. I think is a good book,very well written but not as interesting as the movie. Starting for the setting,the movie script was adapted to be a coastal France which is of course sumptuous,the book is set on a coastal England and the ambient suggested by the author is rather austere.Anyhow it gives you depth on the two main characters that aren’t given into the movie.I recommend this book whether you prefer the movie or haven’t see it. Since as a novel has merit on his own.And the character Hal (Alexis on the movie) is exceptionally well written many men and adolescents would identify with him (If I was a teen I know I would)

This book is the best book I've ever read. I read it once when I was 15 or 16, the same age as the youngest of the main characters. And once now that im 20, two years older than the oldest main character. It is written in an way, where the timeline goes back and forward in time all the time. You start at the end of the story, then you read the middle of the book witch wold normally be the start, and then the end. You read through the eyes of Hal (the main character), but also through the eyes of his therapist and newspapers.The book is about a two gay or bi boys, but the theme of the book is not "Im gay and therefore my live sucks" like many other books about gay men. Its just a love story between two guys.Again, the best book I've ever read.

I first read this book in my teens, attracted to it as it was set in my hometown, but not expecting too much as it was outside of my usual reading remit as a snarling adolescent.To my great surprise, I loved it, recommended it to all my friends, and kept my copy until it mysteriously went missing at uni. I was delighted to find it available on Kindle.The narrator, Hal, is hugely engaging and articulate, and his progress through love, then grief, madness, and finally self- awareness and hope is still resonant today in my own life, and Mr Chambers is a storyteller of excellence. If you know of a sensitive teen who can appreciate a no-holds-barred, intelligent and comic read, you'll find yourself extremely popular if you make them a gift of this book. I can't stress enough how world-enlarging this well-crafted tale will be to them.