| Record Number |
769971 |
| ISBN |
9780857056634 (paperback) |
| 9780857056627 (hardback) |
| Author |
Lemaître, Pierre, 1951- author. |
| Title |
Three days and a life / Pierre Lemaître ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : MacLehose Press, an imprint of Quercus Publishing, 2017. |
| ©2017 |
| Pagination etc. |
253 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Contents note |
First published in the French language as Trois jours et une vie by Editions Albin-Michel in 2016. |
| Summary Note |
Antoine is twelve years old. His parents are divorced and he lives with his mother in Beauval, a small, backwater town surrounded by forests, where everyone knows everyone's business, and nothing much ever happens. But in the last days of 1999, a series of events unfolds, culminating in the shocking vanishing without trace of a young child. The adults of the town are at a loss to explain the disappearance, but for Antoine, it all begins with the violent death of his neighbour's dog. From that one brutal act, his fate and the fate of his neighbour's six year old son are bound forever. In the years following Remi's disappearance, Antoine wrestles with the role his actions played. But how far does he have to run, and how long will it take before his past catches up with him again? |
| Language note |
Translated from the French. |
| Subject |
Missing children -- Fiction |
| Murder -- Fiction |
| Boys -- Fiction |
| Guilt -- Fiction |
| France -- Fiction |
| Thrillers (Fiction) |
| Added Author |
Wynne, Frank translator. |
| Shelf Location |
F LEMA |
