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Zusatztext 'Violent and atmospheric ... it has an unconventional appeal all of its own' Bookgeeks 'Filled with suspense from start to finish, Carnage is a quick, engaging read which fans of crime fiction are guaranteed to enjoy' Books, Biscuits & Tea 'Visceral and gripping ... I thoroughly enjoyed it' The Crime Novel Reader 'The story was so engrossing and the character of Lamar was so well-drawn' Shots Mag Informationen zum Autor Maxime Chattam was born in Val-d’Oise, just outside Paris. He studied criminology and worked as a bookseller before he began writing full-time. His bestselling crime novels include La Trilogie du mal (The Evil Trilogy). As a regular visitor to the USA, Maxime has set many of his novels in the States including Carnage , a detective story investigating a spate of New York high-school massacres, published by Gallic in 2012. Maxime Chattam was the tenth bestselling author in France in 2011. Emily Boyce is a translator and editor. She was shortlisted for the French Book Office New Talent in Translation Award in 2008, the French-American Translation Prize in 2016, and the Scott Moncrieff Prize in 2021. She lives in London. Jane Aitken is a publisher and translator from the French. Zusammenfassung When a massacre takes place in a Harlem school, Lamar, A New York detective for twelve years, is called to the scene. A student, aged seventeen, has shot everyone in his path before shooting himself. Having collected all the evidence, Lamar reconstructs the blood-soaked morning of the killer.
