The Great Swindle
Prize-winning historical fiction by a master of suspense
October 1918: the war on the Western Front is all but over. Desperate for one last chance of promotion, the ambitious Lieutenant Henri d'Aulnay Pradelle sends two scouts over the top, and secretly shoots them in the back to incite his men to heroic action once more.And so is set in motion a series of devastating events that will inextricably bind together the fates and fortunes of Pradelle and the two soldiers who witness his crime: Albert Maillard and Édouard Péricourt.Back in civilian life, Albert and Édouard struggle to adjust to a society whose reverence for its dead cannot quite match its resentment for those who survived. But the two so…
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Weitere Autoren: Wynne, Frank (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-84866-579-8
- EAN: 9781848665798
- Produktnummer: 19521612
- Verlag: Quercus
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 464 S.
- Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
- Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.8 cm x D2.7 cm 318 g
- Gewicht: 318
Über den Autor
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 là-haut (The Great Swindle, in English translation) won the Prix Goncourt, France's leading literary award.
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