Three Days and a Life [SIGNED COPY, FIRST UK PRINTING]

Lemaitre, Pierre

ISBN 10: 085705662X / ISBN 13: 9780857056627

Published by MacLehose Press, 2017

About this Item

Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the second free endpaper (signature only). 1st UK edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket is fine in a protective mylar sleeve. Book is fine. By the Prix Goncourt-, CWA International Dagger-, Prix du premier roman du festival de Cognac-, Prix des lectrices Confidentielles-, Prix Sang d'encre et Prix des lecteurs Goutte de Sang d'encre-, Prix du polar francophone de Montigny les Cormeilles-, Prix Le Point du polar européen-winning-, Prix des lecteurs policier du Livre de poche-, Prix des libraires de Nancy Le Point-, and Roman français préféré des libraires à la Rentrée-winning author of the Les Enfants du désastre Trilogy and Camille Verhoven series. Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Three Days and a Life [SIGNED COPY, FIRST UK PRINTING]
• Publisher: MacLehose Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 085705662X
• ISBN 13: 9780857056627
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First UK edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Antoine is twelve years old. His parents are divorced and he lives with his mother in Beauval, a small, backwater town surrounded by forests, where everyone knows everyone's business, and nothing much ever happens. But in the last days of 1999, a series of events unfolds, culminating in the shocking vanishing without trace of a young child. The adults of the town are at a loss to explain the disappearance, but for Antoine, it all begins with the violent death of his neighbour's dog. From that one brutal act, his fate and the fate of his neighbour's six year old son are bound forever. In the years following Rémi's disappearance, Antoine wrestles with the role his actions played. As a seemingly inescapable net begins to tighten, breaking free from the suffocating environs of Beauval becomes a gnawing obsession. But how far does he have to run, and how long will it take before his past catches up with him again? Translated from the French by Frank Wynne

About the Author

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.