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Originally Posted by issybird
Tomorrow marks the start of summer here, and I'm thinking about books that somehow evoke or capture the essence of summer. I just finished Ray Bradbury's quasi-memoir, Dandelion Wine, and I've also thought of The Great Gatsby and The Go-Between and a few others, but I run out pretty quickly.
I'm looking for novels and memoirs in particular, but I'll entertain any non-fiction book on the topic (not baseball, though - I like baseball, but it's a given). I'm not interested in books typically cited as beach reads unless summer is a theme, and I don't care for chicklit. Given the parameters of no chicklit and no baseball, what do people suggest as good reads about summertime?
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Not sure if this Herman Koch book fits your bill or not (maybe too heavy?):
Summer House with Swimming Pool
Spoiler:
When a medical procedure goes horribly wrong and famous actor Ralph Meier winds up dead, Dr Marc Schlosser needs to come up with some answers. After all, reputation is everything in this business.
Personally, he's not exactly upset that Ralph is gone, but as a high profile doctor to the stars, Marc can't hide from the truth forever.
It all started the previous summer. Marc, his wife, and their two beautiful teenage daughters agreed to spend a week at the Meier's extravagant summer home on the Mediterranean.
Joined by Ralph and his striking wife Judith, her mother, film director Stanley Forbes and his much younger girlfriend, the large group settles in for days of sunshine, wine tasting, and trips to the beach.
But when a violent incident disrupts the idyll, darker motivations are revealed, and suddenly no one can be trusted.
As the ultimate holiday soon turns into a nightmare, the circumstances surrounding Ralph's (later) death begin to reveal the disturbing reality...
I've got the book but have yet to read it. And looking at the price I'm guessing that I got it in one of the 90% sales.
