The Silence and the Rage
the epic and compelling second novel in 'the glorious years' series
$78.82
- Hardcover
512 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2025
Summary
The Silence and the Rage: A Family Saga in Post-War France
‘A novelist at the height of his powers’ La Croix
‘You have the ingredients Balzac would have cooked with. And it is exactly those great 19th century novels that Lemaitre will remind you of’ Sunday Times
It is 1952 and the Pelletier family have returned to a life in France…
Patriarch Louis Pelletier, a successful businessman with a dark past, has rem…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035412655 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1035412659 |
| Author: | Pierre Lemaitre, Frank Wynne |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Tinder Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 740g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 164mm x 44mm |
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This has everything that we love about Lemaitre: his storytelling, language, irony, and the humanity of his characters * Le Parisien *With a magician’s flair, Pierre Lemaitre highlights the hate, fears and desires of the post war boom * L’Obs *
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 has won the Crime Writers’ Association International Dagger three times, once alongside Fred Vargas, for Alex, and twice as sole winner for Camille and The Great Swindle. In 2013 The Great Swindle (published in French as Au revoir la-haut) won the Prix Goncourt, France’s leading literary award.
In addition to his Brigade Criminelle novels starring Commandant Camille Verhoeven, Lemaitre writes standalone thrillers including Blood Wedding.
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