Publisher Description
This electrifying novel of passion, greed, murder, and revenge follows the sweeping saga of one prominent French family in postwar Paris, Beirut, and Saigon.
The Pelletiers are a prominent French family living in Beirut. The patriarch, Louis, has built a successful business that he hopes to pass on to his eldest son. With no head for management, Jean nearly runs the company into the ground, then marries a materialistic young woman who insists they emigrate to Paris and join high society. But there's another reason Jean must leave—he has committed a terrible crime...
Youngest son Etienne is sent to make his fortune in Saigon. Soon, he begins investigating a covert scheme to channel smuggled goods and cash to the Viet Minh. But the evidence he amasses presents a real threat to his own life.
François, the middle brother, arrives in Paris and tries his hand at journalism. His career begins to take off when he starts covering the brutal murder of an actress that seems part of a pattern of killings. But the killer he’s chasing is closer to him than he realizes.
Epic in scope, and a vivid depiction of French life in the booming postwar years, TheGreatWorld is a riveting saga at once gripping and classic.Download and start listening now!
About Pierre Lemaitre
Pierre Lemaitre has worked for
many years as a literature teacher. His novels have earned him exceptional
critical and public acclaim as a master of crime fiction and have won him the
Prix du Premier Roman de Cognac 2006, the Prix du Meilleur Polar Francophone
2009, and the Prix du Polar Européen du Point 2010. Alex is his first novel to be translated into English and won the prestigious
2013 Crime Writers’ Association International Dagger Award.