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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Beirut, París, Saigón, 1948. Una trepidante saga familiar llena de secretos, peripecias, aventuras amorosas, turbios negocios y crímenes. El ancho mundo narra las aventuras, desventuras, peripecias y secretos de los Pelletier, una familia propietar... SEE MORE