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Informationen zum Autor Pierre Lemaitre was born in Paris in 1951. He worked for many years as a teacher of literature before becoming a novelist. He has won the Crime Writers' Association International Dagger three times, once alongside Fred Vargas, for Alex , and twice as sole winner for Camille and The Great Swindle . In 2013 The Great Swindle (published in French as Au revoir là-haut won the Prix Goncourt, France's leading literary award. In addition to his Brigade Criminelle novels starring Commandant Camille Verhoeven, Lemaitre writes standalone thrillers including Blood Wedding . Frank Wynne is an award-winning writer and translator. His previous translations include works by Virginie Despentes, Javier Cercas, Mathias Énard, Michel Houllebecq and Pierre Lemaitre. He chaired the jury of the 2022 Booker International. Most recently his translation of The Art of Losing won the 2022 Dublin Literary Award. Klappentext The first novel in THE GLORIOUS YEARS, the epic series from the award-winning, bestselling author of THE GREAT SWINDLE - translated by Frank Wynne'Pierre Lemaitre skilfully captivates and stuns the reader' Le Figaro Vorwort The first novel in THE GLORIOUS YEARS , the epic series from the award-winning, bestselling author of THE GREAT SWINDLE - translated by Frank Wynne 'Pi erre Lemaitre skilfully captivates and stuns the reader' Le Figaro Zusammenfassung The first novel in THE GLORIOUS YEARS, the epic series from the award-winning, bestselling author of THE GREAT SWINDLE - translated by Frank Wynne'Pierre Lemaitre skilfully captivates and stuns the reader' Le Figaro
