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Called a “serious new talent” by Barnes & Noble, Peter Farris is the award-winning author of Last Call for the Living, The Clay Eaters and The Devil Himself. Published in France to critical acclaim, The Devil Himself won Le Prix 813, Best Foreign Novel at the Beaune International Film Festival, Le Prix Totem Des Jeunes Libraires, was an official selection for the prestigious Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and named a finalist for Le Prix SNCF du Polar. Among other accolades the novel received starred reviews in Rolling Stone, Hebdo and Le Parisien, and was picked one of the best mysteries of the year by ELLE and L'OBS Magazine. Also published in France by Éditions Gallmeister, The Clay Eaters was praised in Le Monde, debuted on the Pal ...more

French Awards / Southwest Review

Received some nice news from France, as my novel The Devil Himself (Le Diable En Personne) won the 2023 Prix Totem Des Jeunes Libraires or Young Bookseller Prize. Special thanks to the more than 200 booksellers from France, Belgium, Switzerland and Quebec who participated in this year's jury.

Also, another kind recognition courtesy French booksellers from around the world. My latest novel THE BONE Read more of this blog post »
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Published on November 28, 2023 06:43 Tags: crime-fiction, france, le-presage, the-devil-himself
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The Devil Himself

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Last Call for the Living

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“Life was hard back then?” “It was what it was. You just deal with what’s in front of you. Folks a hundred years from now will probably complain all the same. The world will never stop being incomprehensible.”
Peter Farris, The Devil Himself

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