The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
ABOUT
THE BOOK
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 protégé – 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.
ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Sam
Taylor
Sam Taylor is a novelist and literary translator. His five novels have reached an international audience, and his award-winning translations include works by Laurent Binet, Leïla Slimani and Marcel Proust. Born in England, Sam was a writer and editor at The Observer for eight years before spending a decade in France. He now lives in the United States with his family.
Sam Taylor is a novelist and literary translator. His five novels have reached an international audience, and his award-winning translations include works by Laurent Binet, Leïla Slimani and Marcel Proust. Born in England, Sam was a writer and editor at The Observer for eight years before spending a decade in France. He now lives in the United States with his family.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
The international bestseller by the Swiss novelist Joël Dicker is a real page-turner and has won several literary awards in France. Partly a detective story and partly a moral sketch, the novel is intelligently constructed. Dicker is the master of deception, lies and plot twists. He creates colourful quirky characters along the lines of “Twin Peaks”. It’s a real old-fashioned reading adventure.
This novel is both a great thriller and quality literature. It is a novel about murder, the price of fame and success, modern media and love. It is also a story about what it takes to be a truly great writer.
A young author being prey to writer’s block strives to defend his former teacher from murder accusation and to write again. This literary thriller has several plot lines, alternating periods and surprising twists and presents the sensation-hungry media and the money-grabbing book publishing in the modern American life.
The Truth…is a cleverly constructed literary thriller, one that you cannot stop reading until you have reached the end. The story is full of surprises and sudden turns. The book seems to appeal to a broad group of readers, ranging from young and less serious readers to an older group of readers, who read more serious stuff.