The Boy

The Boy (French: Le Garçon) is a 2016 literary fiction novel by French author Marcus Malte, originally published by Éditions Zulma. It was translated by Emma Ramadan and Tom Roberge and was published in English, in 2019, by Restless Books. The novel follows a nameless feral boy, who travels from Eastern Europe to numerous civilizations in France. On the boy's journey, he becomes entangled in World War 1 and suffers from the loss of loved ones, as well as PTSD from the trench warfare. The novel received two awards following its publication.