The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
A Novel
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4.4 • 478 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Instant New York Times Bestseller
“Unimpeachably terrific.” —The New York Times Book Review
For fans of Ruth Ware, Shari Lapena, and Donna Tartt: a twisty, fast-paced, cinematic literary thriller, and an ingenious book within a book, by the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Enigma of Room 622
Marcus Goldman is riding high. The twenty-eight-year-old writer is the new darling of American letters, whose debut novel has sold two million copies. But when it comes time to produce a new book, he is sidelined by a crippling case of writer’s block. He travels to Somerset, New Hamprshire, to see his mentor, Harry Quebert, one of the country’s most respected writers, hoping to jar his creative juices as his publisher’s deadline looms. But Marcus’s plans are upended when Harry is sensationally implicated in a cold-case murder: Fifteen-year-old Nola Kellergan went missing in 1975, and Harry admits to having had an affair with her. Following a trail of clues through the backwoods and isolated beaches of New Hampshire, Marcus must answer two questions, which are mysteriously connected: Who killed Nola Kellergan? And how do you write a book to save someone’s life?
Translated from the French by Sam Taylor
Named a Best Book of the Summer by CBS This Morning, Us Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Parade, Houston Chronicle, New York Post, Tampa Bay Times, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and The Daily Beast
Now a 10-part TV series on EPIX, starring Patrick Dempsey, Ben Schnetzer, Damon Wayans Jr., and Virginia Madsen
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Child's Play
This book has a convoluted and barely-believable plot but worse, it feels like it was written by a talented 12- year old. The breathless dialogue and the stilted narrative style make it feel like this is a young -- very young -- adult novel. I even went back to the publisher's notes to see if perhaps it was intended for young audiences, but apparently not. I didn't get it. You shouldn't.
Dreck
Mr. Dicker has managed to write one of the worst books I have encountered in 65 years of reading. The basic plot line—a 34 year old man engaged in a love affair with a 15 year girl—is, in itself, revolting. Thankfully, he did not include a sexual component in the relationship, presumably to forestall his prosecution for what he had written. He compounds the pedophilic theme by weaving a yarn nest of wandering narrative back and forth in bits and pieces covering a 33 year period. The writing is trite. Many of the factual premises are completely untenable. And the absolutely mystifying fawning inclusion of the Obama election, bearing no relation to the plot, is truly bizarre. I admit, however, reading it to the end in order to leave a review in the hope that it will discourage others from wasting their time and money on it. Dreck. Pure dreck….