Pierre Lemaitre was born in Paris in 1951. He worked for many years as a teacher of literature before becoming a novelist. He was awarded the Crime Writers' Association International Dagger, alongside Fred Vargas, for Alex. In 2013 his novel Au revoir là-haut (The Great Swindle, in English translation) won the Prix Goncourt, France's leading literary award.
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Upon winning the prestigious 2013 Crime Writers Association International Dagger Award, the judges praised Alex by saying, 'An original and absorbing ability to leash incredulity in the name of the fictional contract between author and reader... A police ... SEE MORE