Book
Alex / [Pierre Lemaitre] ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781623650001 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: 368 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : MacLehose Press, [2013]
- Copyright: ©2013
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Translation of: Alex. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Kidnapping > Fiction. Suspense fiction. Verhoeven, Camille (Fictitious character) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Detective and mystery stories. Mystery fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud Branch | FIC Lemai | 31681002682706 | FICTION | Available | - |
Pierre Lemaitre has worked for many years as a teacher of literature. His novels to date have earned him exceptional critical and public acclaim as a master of the crime novel and have won him the Prix du Premier Roman de Cognac 2006, the Prix du Meilleur Polar Francophone 2009, and the Prix du Polar Europeen du Point 2010. Alex is his first novel to be translated into English, and won the presitigious 2013 Crime Writers Association International Dagger Award. In 2013 Lemaitre was the recipient of the prestigious Prix Goncourt, the highest literary honor in France, for Au revoir la-haut.
Frank Wynne has translated works by Michel Houellebecq, Boualem Sansal, and many more. He won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2005 for his translation of Frederic Beigbeder's Windows on the World.
