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Loading... The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (original 2012; edition 2015)by Joel Dicker, Sam Taylor (Translator)
Work InformationThe Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker (2012)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Wow what an ending! Throughout I thought, why am I reading this? As some of the content disturbed me and felt like it was going in a direction I wasn’t sure I wanted to read, but like a great mystery novel does, all the pieces fell perfectly into place. Super satisfying! ( ) La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert Joël Dicker Publicado: 2012 | 511 páginas Novela Intriga Policial Serie: Marcus Goldman Goiko #1 Quién mató a Nola Kellergan es la gran incógnita a desvelar en este thriller incomparable cuya experiencia de lectura escapa a cualquier tentativa de descripción. Intentémoslo: una gran novela policiaca y romántica a tres tiempos −1975, 1998 y 2008− acerca del asesinato de una joven de quince años en la pequeña ciudad de Aurora, en New Hampshire. En 2008, Marcus Goldman, un joven escritor, visita a su mentor −Harry Quebert, autor de una aclamada novela−, y descubre que éste tuvo una relación secreta con Nola Kellergan. Poco después, Harry es arrestado, acusado de asesinato, al encontrarse el cadáver de Nola enterrado en su jardÃn. Marcus comienza a investigar y a escribir un libro sobre el caso. Mientras intenta demostrar la inocencia de Harry, una trama de secretos sale a la luz. La verdad sólo llega al final de un largo, intrincado y apasionante recorrido. “The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair†by Joël Dicker (2012) translated by Sam Taylor (2014 MacLehose Press) Would I read another work by this author? Yes. I already have “The Enigma of Room 622†lined up for reading. Would I recommend this book? Yes. Who would I recommend it to? Anyone who likes murder mysteries with twists. They need to tolerant of twists. Did this book inspire me to do anything? I am thinking deeply about this book for a number of reasons. This book will inspire me to take notes on the structure of the book and the interesting comments and tales about writing a book. There is more than just a murder mystery in this book. On the superficial level this book tells the story of a cold case disappearance that prompts a full scale murder investigation when the victim’s body is discovered thirty-one years after her disappearance. The investigation follows all the leads and a suspect is arrested. The evidence, however, is questionable and doubt is introduced to the case. On another level, this book is a book about a book. In fact, it could be said to be a book about a book within a book, but we will not rush down that rabbit hole. Themes in this book include: - Murder investigation - Prejudice - Friendship - Loyalty to friends - Protecting family - Love - Paedophilia - Moral judgements - How to write a novel - How the publishing world works to make money There is a lot going on in this book and I enjoyed it quite a bit. It is a long book and the story involves many twists and turns. no reviews | add a review
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HTML: This #1 internationally bestselling thriller, an ingenious book within a book, is about the disappearance of a fifteen-year-old New Hampshire girl and, thirty years later, a young American writer's determination to clear his mentor's nameâ??and find the inspiration for his next bestseller. August 30, 1975. This is the day fifteen-year-old Nola Kellergan is glimpsed fleeing through the woods before she disappearsâ??the day Somerset, New Hampshire, loses its innocence. Thirty-three years later, Marcus Goldman, a successful young novelist, visits Somerset to see his mentor, Harry Quebert, one of America's most respected writers, and to find a cure for his writer's block as his publisher's deadline looms. But Marcus' plans are violently upended when Harry is suddenly and sensationally implicated in the cold-case murder of Nola Kellerganâ??whom, he admits, he had an affair with. As the national media convicts Harry, Marcus launches his own investigation, following a trail of clues through his mentor's books, the backwoods and isolated beaches of New Hampshire, and the hidden history of Somerset's citizens and the man they hold most dear. To save Harry, his writing career, and eventually even himself, Marcus must answer three questions, all of which are mysteriously connected: Who killed Nola Kellergan? What happened one misty morning in Somerset in the summer of 1975? And how do you write a successful and true novel? A global phenomenon, with rights sold in more than thirty countries, The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair is a fast-paced, tightly plotted, cinematic literary thriller and an ingenious book within a book by a dazzling young wri No library descriptions found. |
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