Author | Evan Hunter |
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Language | English |
Genre | Psychological thriller Coming of age |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1968 |
Publication place | United States |
ISBN | 9789997517210 (hardcover edition) |
OCLC | 1035915177 |
Followed by | Come Winter (sequel) |
Last Summer is a 1968 American coming-of-age psychological thriller novel by Evan Hunter. The book loosely chronicles a summer on Fire Island shared by three affluent but troubled adolescents who become increasingly cruel and hedonistic as they experiment with drugs, sex, bizarre social pranks and alcohol, leading them to eventually commit a heinous act against a companion of theirs. The book was adapted into a film by the same title in 1969, and was followed by a sequel, Come Winter, in 1973. The character David's name is changed to Dan in the film adaptation.