Pierre Lemaitre has won several literary awards, including
the prestigious Prix Goncourt, for his novel Au revoir là-haut,
published in English as
The Great Swindle. He also won the Crime Writers' Association
International Dagger twice, for Alex and Camille, two books in his
breakthrough crime trilogy featuring Commandant Camille Verhoeven.
Longlisted for the CWA International Dagger Award, 2018
"French crime maestro Pierre Lemaitre continues his upward movement
in Three Days and a Life . . . This is literary crime writing of
some distinction: a heady melange of Aldous Huxley and Robert
Goddard."--The Guardian
"Three Days and a Life was a fun, fast suspense novel that I very
much enjoyed. I would definitely read more books by Pierre
Lemaitre, who is known for getting into the minds of killers.
That's exactly what he did with young Antoine, leaving the reader
with a killer you couldn't help but care about."--Novel Visits
"[Three Days and a Life] tells a tale of murder and how the great
loss of a small boy can affect a whole village . . . You will feel
disdain for Antoine's determination to never reveal his hasty act
that caused a death. Also, you'll breathe a sign of admiration over
his bold look on life."
--Book Loons
"A complex experiment in the social infrastructure of a small
French town, right and wrong, and the rawness of the family unit .
. . A great book that generates a lot of thought-provoking
questions."
--Daily Republic
"Lemaitre has outdone himself. If you like great psychological
novels, Three Days and a Life should be on your nightstand. Read
it, savor, and read it again."
--Andrew Gulli, Strand Magazine
"Lemaitre is a skillful writer, employing his words carefully to
sketch Antoine's feelings and fears so fervently that we
desperately want to protect the child. Wonderful at creating grey
protagonists, Lemaitre captures human frailty and reality, while
simultaneously questioning our moral certainties."
--Times of India
"An intense, character-driven tale about how guilt over one
senseless act can impact the rest of your life."
--Always with a Book
"Lemaitre magnificently manipulates the readers' compassions and
succeeds in dropping several remarkable plot twists that
surprisingly help alter the initial events. Three Days and a Life
is a heartbreaking and darkly disturbing psychological page-turner
written with simplicity and creativity."
--New York Journal of Books
"Taut character study and a vivid portrayal of an isolated
community."--France Magazine
"Three Days and a Life is excellent: A heartbreaking and masterful
portrait of a man's life, marked by a childhood mistake."
--Crime by the Book
"Lemaitre is surely France's most elegant and imaginative crime
writer."--The Times
"No one is writing quirkier thrillers than Lemaitre, who gets
inside the head of his unhinged protagonist with wicked delight
while capturing the madness of the modern world. French favorite
Lemaitre's novel, about a preteen on whom fortune smiles in the
most devious ways after he accidentally kills a little boy, is a
feverish, wickedly entertaining work."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Thought-provoking and unsettling, Three Days And A Life is another
work of genius from a master storyteller at the top of his
game."--The Daily Express
"Lemaitre may be the best current French writer of crime
fiction."
--Financial Times
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