All Human Wisdom
$24.65
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
27 June 2022
Summary
Paris on the Brink: A Tale of Revenge and Reinvention
“Terrific … Easily the most purely entertaining novel I have read so far this year” David Mills, The Sunday Times
“A really excellent suspense novelist” Stephen King
The second volume of Pierre Lemaitre’s enthralling, award-winning between-the-wars trilogy
In 1927, the elite of Paris gather for the funeral of wealthy banker Marcel Pericourt. His daughter, Madeleine, inherits his f…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857059017 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857059017 |
| Author: | Pierre Lemaitre, Frank Wynne |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 27 June 2022 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
A perfectly orchestrated com
An epic inhabited by flamboyant characters and imbued with an all-consuming drama * Figaro *Literature with conviction; a furious talent * L’Obs *Confirms the genius of a great novelist and storyteller * Express *Terrific … Easily the most purely entertaining novel I have read so far this year – David Mills * The Sunday Times *A perfectly orchestrated comédie humaine * Journal du Dimanche *Lemaitre is always readable and his caustic wit shines through – Antonia Senior * The Times *Pierre Lemaitre: unleashed * Libération *
About The Author
Pierre Lemaitre
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. In 2013 his novel Au revoir la-haut (The Great Swindle, in English translation) won the Prix Goncourt, France’s leading literary award.
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