the truth about the harry quebert affair

There is a lot of buzz on Twitter about the book The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker. Well I’m yet to read it but there are raving reviews about the book from all over the world. The book is about a murder and it is suspense thriller. But the most notable thing about the book is that there is a story inside the story. According to the reviews Joel has managed to pull it off quite remarkably.

The English version of the book which will be releasing on 27th May, 2014. The book has more than 600 pages. Wow this murder mystery  seriously gave competition to The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton which contain more than 800 pages. It has been translated into 32 languages and has sold more than 2m copies.

Here is the brief synopsis of the book The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker

August 30, 1975: the day fifteen-year-old Nola Kellergan is glimpsed fleeing through the woods, never to be heard from again; the day Somerset, New Hampshire, lost its innocence.
 
Thirty-three years later, Marcus Goldman, a successful young novelist, visits Somerset to see his mentor, Harry Quebert, one of the country’s most respected writers, and to find a cure for his writer’s block as his publisher’s deadline looms. But Marcus’s plans are violently upended when Harry is suddenly and sensationally implicated in the cold-case murder of Nola Kellergan—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 own 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 book to save someone’s life?

The review of The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker is coming soon.
 

 

 

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Ritu Mantri

Ritu is an avid book reader. She also reviews books and have reviewed around 200+ books till date. Her target is to finish 1000 books.