The Great Swindle
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (914 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1623659035 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 442 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
His determination to play a great trick on the society that betrayed him is infectious, and readers cannot help rooting for his plans as they reach their dark, bizarrely joyous fruition."Publishers Weekly"A fast-paced tale, filled with twists and turns, following a mischievous, disillusioned view of post-war France."Astrid de Larminat, Figaro"A masterly epic of post-war France, where impostures triumph and capitalists grow rich from the ruins."Macha Séry, Le Monde"You feel the author's indignation Who really profits from war? Crooks, the vengeful, and frauds. Its characters harbor so many secrets that part of the enjoyment in the book comes from seeing how the author plans to disentangle them."Sarah Lyall, The New York Times"Lem
Great story from a great author Just me I have read the author's murder mystery series. They were so good that i knew this book would have a good plot. He did not disappoint. The story reads like historical fiction but it is not. The characters are well developed and the plot has twists and turns. I won't give an. Ok, but in no way great I thought this was overrated. It never really hooked me, and I had to make a conscious effort to complete it. Not to say that it was poorly written, it just didn't connect with me.. wojo said Best book of the summer. Compelling read! I couldn't put it down!
He worked for many years as a teacher of literature and now devotes his time to writing novels and screenplays. In 2013 he was awarded the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award, for Au Revoir Là-Haut.. Pierre Lemaitre was born in Paris in 1956
The year is 1918, the war on the Western Front all but over. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Pradelle has married Edouard's sister Madeline and is running a scam of his own that involves the exhumation of war victims.In this sorrowful, heart-searching novel, the interwoven lives of these three men create a tapestry of the human condition as seen through the lens of war, revealing brutality and compassion, heroism and cowardice, in equal measure.. In gratitude for Edouard's rescue, Albert becomes the injured man's companion and caregiver.Finding that the postwar gratitude for the soldiers' service is nothing more than lip-service to an empty idea, the two men scramble to survive, ultimately devising a scam to take money for never-to-be-built war memorials from small towns. An ambitious officer, Lieutenant Henry D'Aulnay-Pradelle, sends two soldiers over the top and then surreptitiously shoots them in the back to incite his men to attack the German lines.When another of D'Aulnay-Pradelle's