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c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical adventure, Second World War fiction, Fiction in translation
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- Paperback Apr 9, 2024 | 9781529416916 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Feb 14, 2023 | 9781529416947 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 9, 2023 | 9781529416923 | RRP $55.00 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 2, 2023 | 9781529416930 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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MacLehose Press
- Paperback Apr 9, 2024 | 9781529416916 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Feb 14, 2023 | 9781529416947 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 9, 2023 | 9781529416923 | RRP $55.00 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 2, 2023 | 9781529416930 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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MacLehose Press
- Paperback Apr 9, 2024 | 9781529416916 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Feb 14, 2023 | 9781529416947 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 9, 2023 | 9781529416923 | RRP $55.00 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 2, 2023 | 9781529416930 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Maclehose Press
- Paperback Apr 9, 2024 | 9781529416916 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback Feb 14, 2023 | 9781529416947 | RRP $34.99 Buy Now
- Hardback May 9, 2023 | 9781529416923 | RRP $55.00 Buy Now
- e-Book Feb 2, 2023 | 9781529416930 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
The final novel in Pierre Lemaitre's between-the-wars trilogy - a riotous depiction of the Phoney War from the perspective of an unlikely group of people caught up in its chaos.
"Tremendous and enjoyable" - La Libre Belgique
"A great success" - La Croix
April, 1940. Louise Belmont runs naked down the boulevard du Montparnasse. To understand the traumatic scene she has just witnessed, she will have to plunge headlong into the madness of the Phoney War, as France, seized by the panic of a new European conflict, descends into chaos.
Louise navigates this period of enormous upheaval in parallel with her fellow citizens - including Maginot Line conscripts Raoul and Gabriel, bistro-owner Monsieur Jules and confidence trickster Desire Migault. The looming threat of German occupation uncovers long-buried secrets and makes for strange bedfellows, as one extraordinary twist of fate follows another.
With characteristic wit and verve, Pierre Lemaitre chronicles the fall of a nation crushed by circumstance. The final novel in his award-winning trilogy is an incandescent tale that veers from the tragic to the burlesque.
Translated from the French by Frank Wynne
Praise for Mirror of our Sorrows
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A great success - La Croix
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Great characters and a roaring pace - Le Monde
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Spectacular - Le Soir
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Pierre Lemaitre brings his brilliant interwar trilogy to a close - Le Journal de Quebec
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Tremendous and enjoyable - La Libre Belgique
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Lemaitre's new historical chronicle possesses the desperate irony that made the early volumes so successful - BibliObs
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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, and as sole winner for Camille. 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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