Last Summer (novel)

Last Summer
Doubleday 1st Edition (hardcover)
AuthorEvan Hunter
LanguageEnglish
GenrePsychological thriller
Coming of age
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
1968
Publication placeUnited States
ISBN9789997517210 (hardcover edition)
OCLC1035915177
Followed byCome 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.