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The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair

Joël Dicker Sam Taylor

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English
Maclehose Press
12 May 2015
August 30, 1975. The day of the disappearance. The day Somerset, New Hampshire, lost its innocence.

That summer, struggling author Harry Quebert fell in love with fifteen-year-old Nola Kellergan. Thirty-three years later, her body is dug up from his yard, along with a manuscript copy of the novel that made him a household name. Quebert is the only suspect.

Marcus Goldman - Quebert's most gifted protege - throws off his writer's block to clear his mentor's name. Solving the case and penning a new bestseller soon merge into one. As his book begins to take on a life of its own, the nation is gripped by the mystery of 'The Girl Who Touched the Heart of America'.

But with Nola, in death as in life, nothing is ever as it seems.

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Imprint:   Maclehose Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 196mm,  Width: 138mm,  Spine: 41mm
Weight:   429g
ISBN:   9781848663268
ISBN 10:   1848663269
Pages:   624
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Joel Dicker was born in Geneva in 1985. He studied Drama in Paris before returning to his home city to study Law. His first novel, Les Derniers Jours de Nos Peres, won the Prix des Ecrivains Genevois, a prestigious award for unpublished manuscripts. The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair, nominated for the Prix Goncourt and winner of the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Academie Francaise and the Prix Goncourt des Lyceens, has sold more than two million copies across Europe. Sam Taylor is a novelist and journalist who has lived in France for more than a decade. His first literary translation was Laurence Binet's bestselling HHhH, which was longlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.

Reviews for The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair

Unimpeachably terrific - New York Times Maybe, just possibly, the book of the year - Simon Mayo An expertly realised, addictive Russian doll of a whodunnit - Daily Mail A top-class literary thriller that smoothly outclasses its rivals - The Times Should delight any reader who has felt bereft since finishing Gone Girl or Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy - Metro


  • Winner of Grand Prix du Roman de l'Academie Francaise 2012
  • Winner of Grand Prix du Roman de l'Academie Francaise 2012.
  • Winner of Prix Goncourt des Lyceens 2012
  • Winner of Prix Goncourt des Lyceens 2012.

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