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Pierre Lemaitre


Born
in Paris, France
April 19, 1951

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Genre
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: 3.98 · 82,359 ratings · 10,445 reviews · 66 distinct works • Similar authors
Alex (Camille Verhœven, #2)
4.09 avg rating — 16,766 ratings — published 2011 — 133 editions
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Au revoir là-haut
4.19 avg rating — 13,326 ratings — published 2013 — 117 editions
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Vestido de novia
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3.95 avg rating — 12,207 ratings — published 2009 — 97 editions
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Irène (Camille Verhœven, #1)
3.93 avg rating — 10,122 ratings — published 2006 — 88 editions
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Trois jours et une vie
3.62 avg rating — 5,185 ratings — published 2016 — 73 editions
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Sacrifices (Camille Verhœve...
3.83 avg rating — 4,720 ratings — published 2012 — 95 editions
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Couleurs de l'incendie
4.13 avg rating — 4,371 ratings — published 2018 — 57 editions
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Recursos inhumanos
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3.74 avg rating — 3,171 ratings — 60 editions
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Miroir de nos peines
4.05 avg rating — 2,751 ratings — published 2020 — 40 editions
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Rosy & John (Camille Verhœv...
3.62 avg rating — 2,971 ratings — published 2011 — 50 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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4.16 avg rating — 20,454 ratings

Le Grand Monde Le Silence et la Colère
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4.16 avg rating — 2,983 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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“...he does not stir. She bows her head, looks at him, hugs him to her belly and weeps. No-one could imagine the depths of her misery.”
― Pierre Lemaitre, Robe de marié
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