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The Baltimore Boys

The Baltimore Boys

by Alison Anderson (Translator), JoëlDicker (Author), JoëlDicker (Author), Mr Joël Dicker (Author)

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    Paperback 2018

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Synopsis

NOVEMBER 24, 2004


The day of the tragedy. The end of a brotherhood.

The Baltimore Boys. The Goldman Gang. That was what they called Marcus Goldman and his cousins Woody and Hillel. Three brilliant young men with dazzling futures ahead of them, before their kingdom crumbled beneath the weight of lies, jealousy and betrayal. For years, Marcus has struggled with the burdens of his past, but now he must attempt to banish his demons and tell the true and astonishing story of the Baltimore Boys.

The stunning new novel from the author of the global bestseller, The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair


Translated from the French by Alison Anderson

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 464
 Publisher: MacLehose Press
Published: 06 Sep 2018
ISBN 10: 0857058509
ISBN 13: 9780857058508

Media Reviews
Sweeping, clever, heartbreaking and memorable. The perfect summer read -- Henrietta Richman * Grazia *
Veers between nostalgia for what could have been and regrets for what can never be. Captivating and beautifully conceived -- Pascale Frey * Elle *

A striking insight into America's weird class system, and a moving
story of brotherhood and family rivalry

-- Melissa Katsoulis * The Times *
A literary phenomenon -- Astrid de Larminat * Figaro *
Once again, Dicker brilliantly combines all the elements that first enticed his legions of readers -- Julie Malaure * Le Point *
Immense and detailed . . . The backstory is all-consuming and will not let you skip a single paragraph -- Rachael Revesz * Independent *
Joel Dicker really knows how to tell a great story -- Stephanie des Horts * Valeurs Actuelles *
The Dicker who wrote The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair was a magician, a juggler. The Dicker of The Baltimore Boys has no need of such tricks. He is not just a good writer, he is a great writer -- Antonio d'Orrico * Corriere della Serra *
A titan of a novel. Nabokovian. Highly recommended -- Laura Fernandez * El Cultural de El Mundo *
A new masterstroke from Joel Dicker. The ace up his sleeve -- Pierre-Yves Grenu * Culturebox *
My goodness, this Joel Dicker can really spin a yarn -- Marianne Grosjean * Tribune de Geneve *
Really compelling. A multi-layered family saga that behaves like a thriller * Frankfurter Neue Presse *
A novel with the power to enthral its readers and whose characters will remain fixed in your memory * ORF *
A top-class literary thriller that smoothly outclasses its rivals -- Melissa Katsoulis * The Times on The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair *
It's like 'Twin Peaks' meets Atonement meets In Cold Blood - the French thriller everyone is talking about -- Gaby Wood * Daily Telegraph on The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair *
An expertly realised, addictive Russian doll of a whodunit -- Fanny Blake * Daily Mail on The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair *
The book of the year * Simon Mayo on The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair *
Author Bio
Joel Dicker was born in Geneva in 1985, where he studied Law. The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair was nominated for the Prix Goncourt and won the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Academie Francaise and the Prix Goncourt des Lyceens. It has sold more than 3.6 million copies in 42 countries. The Baltimore Boys, at once a prequel and a sequel, has sold more than 750,000 in France.