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Fielding Gray by Simon Raven

djrmelvin's review

4.0

Set in 1945, this is a story of what happens when the acceptaed school boy flirtations and crushes develop into something stronger and less accepted. Fielding, an upper level student at an all boy school, is attracted to a younger student. He pursues him, seduces him, but isn't ready when the younger boy wants to continue the relationship over the term break. An unhappy home life convinces Fielding that is is good to be wanted, despite warnings from other classmates that he's wrong to encourage the younger student. By the time he's ready to face the younger boy, something he feels responsible for setting in motion had gone horribly wrong. A very fast read, sad but honest.