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Pierre Lemaitre


Born
in Paris, France
April 19, 1951

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Crime, Thriller, Suspense


Pierre Lemaitre is a French novelist and screenwriter. He is internationally renowned for the crime novels featuring the fictional character Commandant Camille Verhœven.

His first novel that was translated into English, Alex, is a translation of the French book with the same title, it jointly won the CWA International Dagger for best translated crime novel of 2013.

In November 2013, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt, France's top literary prize, for Au revoir là-haut (published in English as The Great Swindle), an epic about World War I. His novels Camille and The Great Swindle won the CWA International Dagger in 2015 and 2016 respectively. ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 121,165 ratings · 14,371 reviews · 72 distinct works • Similar authors
Alex (Camille Verhœven, #2)
4.09 avg rating — 20,148 ratings — published 2011
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Au revoir là-haut (Les Enfa...
4.21 avg rating — 18,623 ratings — published 2013 — 130 editions
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Vestido de novia
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3.93 avg rating — 18,491 ratings — published 2009 — 98 editions
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Irène (Camille Verhœven, #1)
3.93 avg rating — 12,687 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions
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Couleurs de l'incendie (Les...
4.14 avg rating — 6,422 ratings — published 2018 — 60 editions
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Le Grand Monde (Les Années ...
4.09 avg rating — 6,372 ratings — published 2022 — 43 editions
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Trois jours et une vie
3.64 avg rating — 7,000 ratings — published 2016 — 68 editions
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Sacrifices (Camille Verhœve...
3.83 avg rating — 5,730 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions
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La gran serpiente
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3.78 avg rating — 5,184 ratings — published 2021 — 37 editions
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Miroir de nos peines
4.07 avg rating — 4,448 ratings — published 2020 — 10 editions
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Series by Pierre Lemaitre

Irène Alex Rosy & John Sacrifices
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Au revoir là-haut Couleurs de l'incendie Miroir de nos peines
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4.17 avg rating — 29,508 ratings

Le Grand Monde Le Silence et la Colère Un avenir radieux Les Belles Promesses
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4.16 avg rating — 12,519 ratings

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“Young girls and mass murders are tender hearted creatures”
― Pierre Lemaitre, Alex
tags: humor, mass-murder, thriller
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“After grief, all that remains is barren.”
― Pierre Lemaitre, Alex
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“Elle les avait démasqués de loin, les petits ambitieux qui la trouvait banale vue de face, mais très jolie vue de dot.”
― Pierre Lemaitre, Au revoir là-haut
tags: dot, guerre, humour
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