Hal Ebbott's Debut Novel Traces a Friendship Group's Slow Unraveling
In 'Entre amis,' an autumn weekend by the Hudson curdles into open hostility among old friends, according to Le Monde.
Le Monde has reviewed 'Entre amis,' the debut novel by Hal Ebbott, describing it as 'une découverte' — a discovery. The book follows a group of longtime friends gathered for what begins as a pleasant autumn weekend along the Hudson River, before the encounter turns sour and, per the paper's account, escalates toward the worst.
According to Le Monde, the novel dissects how a circle of old acquaintances collapses under resentments that turn out to be less buried than they seemed. The review does not specify further plot details, and the source material available does not indicate a publisher, translator, or original English title, so none is given here.
For readers cataloguing new arrivals this rentrée, 'Entre amis' arrives as a first novel already drawing notice in Le Monde's books pages, framed around the fragility of long friendships pushed past their limits.
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