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A mosaic of human emotion, a singular and spectacular work of art... some of the greatest truths I've read are held in these 153 pages

One of the great books of our age. It is the subtlest of miniatures that contains our deepest sorrows and truths and love - all caught in a clear, simple style in perfect brushstrokes

A truly extraordinary novel... Maxwell has tapped a vein of strange, pure emotion

So magically deft at being profound...possesses that daunting quality impossible to emulate: it makes greatness seem simple

Maxwell does something all great novelists do: he conjures depths of pain and regret in words of radiant simplicity

This calm, reflective and extraordinarily beautiful novel offers American fiction at its finest

Maxwell's voice is one of the wisest in American fiction; it is, as well, one of the kindest

Maxwell is one of the past half-century's unmistakably great novelists

Maxwell offers us scrupulously executed, moving landscapes of America's twentieth century, and they do not fade

Discover the tragically beautiful world of So Long, See You Tomorrow, a quietly devastating masterpiece of human frailty and resilience 
 
Away from the quiet farmlands of Illinois, two lonely teenagers – bound by the burden of their home lives – forge a delicate friendship. But when jealousy ignites in one of their families, it leads to unthinkable tragedy, and severs the two boys' bond forever. 
 
Fifty years later, haunted by the past, the narrator seeks to piece together those harrowing events and find redemption for a lifetime of regret. So Long, See You Tomorrow is a haunting exploration of memory, loss, and the enduring quest for forgiveness. 
 
‘One of the great books of our age. It is the subtlest of miniatures that contains our deepest sorrows and truths and love’ Michael Ondaatje

‘One of the great books of our age’ Michael Ondaatje 
 
Discover this unmissable modern classic where the fragile friendship between two teenage boys has devastating consequences that echo throughout the years. 
 
**AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS** 
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ANN PATCHETT 
 
Away from the quiet farmlands of Illinois, two lonely teenagers – bound by the burden of their home lives – forge a delicate friendship. But when jealousy ignites in one of their families, it leads to unthinkable tragedy, and severs the two boys' bond forever. 
 
Fifty years later, haunted by the past, the narrator seeks to piece together those harrowing events and find redemption for a lifetime of regret. So Long, See You Tomorrow is a haunting exploration of memory, loss, and the enduring quest for forgiveness. 
 
'A mosaic of human emotion, a singular and spectacular work of art' Ann Patchett 
 
‘A truly extraordinary novel’ Mail on Sunday

William Maxwell was born in Illinois in 1908. He was the author of a distinguished body of work: six novels, three short story collections, an autobiographical memoir and a collection of literary essays and reviews. A New Yorker editor for forty years, he helped to shape the prose and careers of John Updike, John Cheever, John O'Hara and Eudora Welty. So Long, See You Tomorrow won the American Book Award, and he received the PEN/Malamud Award. He died in New York in 2000.

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A mosaic of human emotion, a singular and spectacular work of art... some of the greatest truths I've read are held in these 153 pages

One of the great books of our age. It is the subtlest of miniatures that contains our deepest sorrows and truths and love - all caught in a clear, simple style in perfect brushstrokes

A truly extraordinary novel... Maxwell has tapped a vein of strange, pure emotion

So magically deft at being profound...possesses that daunting quality impossible to emulate: it makes greatness seem simple

Maxwell does something all great novelists do: he conjures depths of pain and regret in words of radiant simplicity

This calm, reflective and extraordinarily beautiful novel offers American fiction at its finest

Maxwell's voice is one of the wisest in American fiction; it is, as well, one of the kindest

Maxwell is one of the past half-century's unmistakably great novelists

Maxwell offers us scrupulously executed, moving landscapes of America's twentieth century, and they do not fade

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