num_pages: 160
description: Paris in the spring of 1968 amidst the student revolts. Guillaume and his twin sister Danielle, cinemaphiles, befriend a young American student, Matthew, a friendship quickly becoming erotic, exploring sibling intimacy and menage a trois in its pure form, and which spirals towards inevitable disaster.
language: English
title: The Holy Innocents
titlecomplete: The Holy Innocents
characters: Matthew, Théo, Isabelle
genres: Fiction, Contemporary, France, British Literature, Historical, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels, LGBT
ratings_count: 2753
places: Paris
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Authors' Club Best First Novel Award
publisher: Minerva