PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
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.
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 comedie humaine * Journal du Dimanche * Lemaitre is always readable and his caustic wit shines through -- Antonia Senior * The Times * Pierre Lemaitre: unleashed * Liberation * 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 * The Sunday Times * A perfectly orchestrated comedie humaine * Journal du Dimanche * Lemaitre is always readable and his caustic wit shines through * The Times * Pierre Lemaitre: unleashed * Liberation *
