SALT WATER POOL BOY

237pp. paperback, Karavan Press, Cape Town, 2025

ISBN: 9780639862651

Twenty-three-year-old Damon is forced to choose between his lover and a promise made to his terminally ill mother to help end her life.

"This novel is a tour de force, delving into the pain and triumph of what it means to live an authentic life, driven by lush sensibility and artistry." Nafkote Tamirat, author of The Parking Lot Attendant

"A devastating exploration of grief, beauty and desire. Salt Water Pool Boy is a compulsive reckoning with what it means to be alive and the lengths we must go to forgive ourselves. Fans of Alan Hollinghurst will adore Peter-Adrian Altini." Megan Clement, author of Desire Paths

Peter-Adrian Altini is a South African writer based in Paris. His short stories have been published in the Fish Anthology, Iron Horse Literary Review, Storgy Magazine, Fluid Anthology and ADDA Literary Magazine. He was the winner of the Ernst Van Heerden Creative Writing Award. Salt Water Pool Boy is his debut novel.