All Human Wisdom
$24.84
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
28 June 2022
Summary
“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 great and the good of Paris gather at the funeral of the wealthy banker, Marcel Pericourt. His daughter, Madeleine, is poised to take over his financial emp…
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: | 28 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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