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THE WIDE WORLD - PIERRE LEMAITRE KARTONIERT (TB)

'The Wide World is one of his best . . . Compellingly plotted  stuffed with great characters 
thought-provokingly situated in history - honestly  what else do you want from a novel?' The
Times 'Literature with conviction  a furious talent' L'Obs The first volume of THE GLORIOUS
YEARS series  translated by Frank Wynne Beirut  1948. The Pelletier family returns... 'Over the
years  the annual Pelletier family pilgrimage down the avenue des Françaishad known many
variations  but never before had it taken on the air of a funeral cortège...' The Pelletiers
are a hugely prominent French family living in Beirut. Louis Pelletier has spent years building
his soap business  dominating the manufacturing market. Now  he wants to pass on the leadership
but choosing which son to takeover from him is proving challenging. Jean  the eldest  has no
such acumen for managing the enterprise and seems a hopeless and weak option. His wife  though
has superior ambitions  and eager to flee the familial bonds for other reasons  Jean agrees to
an escape to France. Etienne Pelletier  younger and a gentle soul  is trained in accounts  and
leaves home for Saigon to find love. There  he uncovers a well-established scheme to channel
smuggled goods and cash to the Viet Minh. It is dangerous evidence that presents a real threat
not only to officials in high places  but to his own life. François  the middle Pelletier
brother  persuades his father to let him travel to Paris  where he becomes a journalist. His
career flies when he reports on the brutal murder of an actress  and realises a serial killer
is on the loose  one who may be closer than anyone realises. 'You have the ingredients Balzac
would have cooked with. And it is exactly those great 19th century novels that Lemaitre will
remind you of' Sunday Times 'Pierre Lemaitre skilfully captivates and stuns the reader' Le
Figaro

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