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Pierre Lemaitre

Born

in Paris, France

April 19, 1951

Website

http://www.pierrelemaitre.com/

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Genre

Crime, Thriller, Suspense

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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: 4.0 · 121,475 ratings · 14,405 reviews · 72 distinct works • Similar authors

	Alex (Camille Verhœven, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 20,167 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Au revoir là-haut (Les Enfants du désastre, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 18,656 ratings — published 2013 — 130 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vestido de novia by Pierre Lemaitre, María Teresa Gallego Urrutia (Translator), Amaya García Gallego (Translator) 3.93 avg rating — 18,541 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Irène (Camille Verhœven, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 12,697 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Couleurs de l'incendie (Les Enfants du désastre, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 6,432 ratings — published 2018 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Grand Monde (Les Années glorieuses, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 6,404 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trois jours et une vie 3.64 avg rating — 7,011 ratings — published 2016 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sacrifices (Camille Verhœven, #4) 3.83 avg rating — 5,741 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La gran serpiente by Pierre Lemaitre, José Antonio Soriano Marco (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 5,210 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miroir de nos peines 4.07 avg rating — 4,459 ratings — published 2020 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Camille Verhœven (4 books)
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Quotes by Pierre Lemaitre (?)

“Young girls and mass murders are tender hearted creatures”
― Pierre Lemaitre, Alex

tags: humor, mass-murder, thriller

31 likes

“After grief, all that remains is barren.”
― Pierre Lemaitre, Alex

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“Elle les avait démasqués de loin, les petits ambitieux qui la trouvait banale vue de face, mais très jolie vue de dot.”
― Pierre Lemaitre, Au revoir là-haut

tags: dot, guerre, humour

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Voting for August 2018 group read - set in France

Extraordinary People by Peter May

8 votes, 29.6%

The 7th Woman by Frédérique Molay

5 votes, 18.5%

Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker

4 votes, 14.8%

The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas

4 votes, 14.8%

The Three Evangelists by Fred Vargas

3 votes, 11.1%

Irène by Pierre Lemaitre

2 votes, 7.4%

Murder in the Marais by Cara Black

1 vote, 3.7%

Jacquot and the Waterman by Martin O'Brien

0 votes, 0.0%

Death on the Marais by Adrian Magson

0 votes, 0.0%

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