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Pierre Lemaitre

Born 1951 · France

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  • In English

    Goncourt 2013 · Winner

    The Great Swindle

    Au revoir là-haut

    Pierre Lemaitre · 62 when first published

    Novel · 448 pages · War, Historical, Crime

    AI-generated summary:Survivors of the Great War, timid clerk Albert and flamboyant artist Édouard, his face shattered, find that France honours its dead and forgets its living, and dream up an audacious swindle.