The Great Swindle: Prize-winning historical fiction by a master of suspense

ISBN-13: 9781848665798 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 464 str.

Pierre Lemaitre

Opis

The Prix Goncourt-winning masterpiece by the writer who brought you Alex, Irene and Camille

Recenzje

The vast sweep of the novel and its array of extraordinary secondary characters have attracted comparisons with the works of Balzac. Moving, angry, intelligent - and compulsive Marcel Berlins The Times

O autorze

Pierre Lemaitre was born in Paris in 1951. He worked for many years as a teacher of literature before becoming a novelist. He was awarded the Crime Writers' Association International Dagger, alongside Fred Vargas, for Alex, and as sole winner for Camille. In 2013 his novel Au revoir là-haut (The Great Swindle, in English translation) won the Prix Goncourt, France's leading literary award. Frank Wynne is an award-winning writer and translator. His previous translations include works by Virginie Despentes, Javier Cercas and Michel Houllebecq. He chaired the jury of the 2022 Booker International. Most recently his translation of The Art of Losing won the 2022 Dublin Literary Award.