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Pierre Boileau


Born
in Paris, France
April 28, 1906

Died
January 16, 1989

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers


Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

French author who collaborated with his countryman, Pierre Ayraud (aka Thomas Narcejac), to write crime fiction as Boileau-Narcejac.

In 1938 he was awarded on of the most important literary awards in France the Prix du Roman d'Aventures, for Le Repos de Bacchus . It is given to the author of the best example of detective fiction in the world each year.

He met Narcejac in 1948 at the awards dinner when Narcejac received the same award for one of his novels. ...more

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.74 · 1,750 ratings · 229 reviews · 96 distinct works • Similar authors
I diabolici
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3.73 avg rating — 1,216 ratings — published 1952 — 41 editions
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L'ingénieur aimait trop les...
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3.49 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1958 — 11 editions
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Six crimes sans assassin
3.78 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1939 — 7 editions
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Les pistolets de Sans Atout...
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3.55 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1973 — 11 editions
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Le cadavre fait le mort (Le...
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3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1994 — 10 editions
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Contrat
3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions
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Stéphane Beauvais, je t'aim...
3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1996
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Il quarto colpo
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3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1960 — 2 editions
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Le repos de Bacchus
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1938 — 2 editions
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La Lèpre
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