V13

I’ll read anything by Emmanuel Carrère, a roving intellectual with a curious mind … A powerful read * The Times, Books of the Year *Emmanuel Carrère [is] quite possibly France’s best non-fiction writer… [V13 is] a masterpiece * New Statesman, Books of the Year *Extraordinary … A lattice of absorbing storylines … Absolutely gripping – Chris Power * Guardian *Carrère’s icy, disclosing style is a marvel … In this marvellous and terrifying book, Carrère convinces us that good is not just morally better than evil. Good is actually more interesting than evil, and a harder philosophical problem to solve – Will Lloyd * Sunday Times *Extraordinary and generous * Washington Post *Compelling and richly rendered … Carrère is one of the most exciting and formally innovative of current non-fiction writers * Guardian *A gripping testimony of terror and loss … the strength and humanity Carrère brings out makes for a reading experience that is at once humbling and invigorating * Observer *Magisterial … It’s a reminder of humanity, and its frailty * Sunday Telegraph *It is hard to imagine a book emerging that will manage to be more informative, moving or likely to last than Emmanuel Carrère’s V13 * Spectator *A curious but compelling mix of dramatic reconstruction, psychological deliberation and personal reflection * Economist *Carrère has … forged an extremely readable story out of a dizzying amount of information * New Statesman *An affirmation of life, of survival, of the bonds of community and solidarity that allow us to rebuild in the aftermath of shattering violence – Adam ShatzForensic and troubling, deeply humane, utterly gripping, a book of singular importance for our times, on law as story and life, superbly rendered for the reader in English – Philippe SandsNot since Hannah Arendt wrote about the trial of the Nazi Adolf Eichmann has a book laid bare the political and moral scaffolding of our times with such commitment and intelligence – Lyndsey StonebridgeImpelled by a tolerant mind’s desire to confront the intolerable, V13 is an utterly riveting account of one of contemporary Europe’s darkest nights – and its anguished aftermath – by a French literary colossus – Rob DoyleV13 is a work of profound moral imagination and inquiry. It is a dazzling book by one of the most extraordinary writers of our time – Katie KitamuraBrilliant. Clear-eyed, wise and compelling – Paul MurrayAn unforgettable book, a document of violence and dignity like no other, a work of such humanity and generous contemplation that it functions as a tribute to the value of testimony itself – Megan Nolan

Emmanuel Carrère is a novelist, journalist, screenwriter and film director. He is the award-winning, internationally renowned author of sixteen books, including V13, Limonov, The Kingdom, 97,196 Words, Yoga and the Sunday Times bestselling The Adversary.