Find a copy in the library
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
Genre/Form: | Suspense fiction Thrillers (Fiction) Fiction |
---|---|
Named Person: | Harry (Fictitious character) Quebert; Marcus (Fictitious character) Goldman |
Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Joël Dicker; Sam Taylor |
ISBN: | 9780143126683 0143126687 9780606356787 0606356789 |
OCLC Number: | 865493296 |
Notes: | "Originally published in French as La verite sur l'affaire Harry Quebert by Les Editions de Fallois, Paris. |
Description: | vii, 643 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents: | In the caverns of memory -- Marcus the Magnificent -- Is it possible to fall in love with a fifteen-year-old girl? -- The importance of knowing how to fall (Burrows College, Massachusetts, 1998-2002) -- Where the hydrangeas were planted -- N-O-L-A (Somerset, New Hampshire, June 14, 1975) -- About Nola -- Memories of Independence Day -- Those who knew her well -- Police investigation -- On the difficulties of love -- The day of the garden party -- The Harry Quebert affair -- Martha's Vineyard (Massachusetts, late July, 1975) -- Escape attempt -- The origin of evil (Somerset, New Hampshire, August 11-20, 1975) -- Before the storm -- August 30, 1975 -- The storm -- The man who painted pictures -- Waiting for Nola -- In search of a fifteen-year-old girl (Somerset, New Hampshire, September 1-18, 1975) -- A black Monte Carlo -- The identity of anonymous -- After Nola -- The Barnaski principle -- The girl who touched the heart of America -- Sweet home Alabama -- Election Day -- Endgame -- The truth about the Harry Quebert affair. |
Other Titles: | Verite sur l'affaire Harry Quebert. |
Responsibility: | Joel Dicker ; Translated from the French by Sam Taylor. |
More information: |
Abstract:
"The #1 internationally bestselling thriller, and ingenious book within a book, about the disappearance of a 15-year-old New Hampshire girl and, 30 years later, a young American writer's determination to clear his mentor's name-and find the inspiration for his next bestseller August 30, 1975: the day fifteen-year-old Nola Kellergan is glimpsed fleeing through the woods before she disappears; the day Somerset, New Hampshire, lost its innocence. Thirty-three years later, Marcus Goldman, a successful young novelist, visits Somerset to see his mentor, Harry Quebert, one of America's most respected writers, and to find a cure for his writer's block as his publisher's deadline looms. But Marcus's plans are violently upended when Harry is suddenly and sensationally implicated in the cold-case murder of Nola Kellergan-whom, he admits, he had an affair with. As the national media convicts Harry, Marcus launches his own investigation, following a trail of clues through his mentor's books, the backwoods and isolated beaches of New Hampshire, and the hidden history of Somerset's citizens and the man they hold most dear. To save Harry, his writing career, and eventually even himself, Marcus must answer three questions, all of which are mysteriously connected: Who killed Nola Kellergan? What happened one misty morning in Somerset in the summer of 1975? And how do you write a successful and true novella? A global phenomenon, with sales approaching a million copies in France alone and rights sold in more than thirty countries, The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair is a fast-paced, tightly plotted, cinematic literary thriller, and an ingenious book within a book, by a dazzling young writer"--
Reviews
User-contributed reviews
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.


Tags
Add tags for "The truth about the Harry Quebert affair : [a novel]".
Be the first.
Similar Items
Related Subjects:(12)
- Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Fiction.
- Authors, American -- Fiction.
- New Hampshire -- Fiction.
- City and town life -- Fiction.
- Secrets -- Fiction.
- Quebert, Harry (Fictitious character)
- Goldman, Marcus (Fictitious character)
- FICTION -- Suspense.
- New Hampshire.
- Authors, American.
- Cold cases (Criminal investigation)
- Authors, American
User lists with this item (4)
- Connected home 19(490 items)
by NpNp updated 2018-04-27
- "P" Lamson's Newest Acquisitions in Language and Literature(479 items)
by LamsonFitz updated 2016-04-05
- Most popular items for June 2014(500 items)
by drewwilson updated 2014-07-01
- Most popular items for May 2014(500 items)
by drewwilson updated 2014-06-02