Paperback: Fresh from the staggering success of The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair (2014), Marcus Goldman is struggling to write his third novel. A chance encounter in Florida throws him some inspiration from a surprising source: Alexandra Neville, the beautiful, phenomenally successful singer and Marcus’s first love. All at once, memories of his childhood come flooding back. Memories of a family torn apart by tragedy, and a once glorious legacy reduced to shame and ruin.
The Baltimore Boys. The Goldman Gang. That was what they called Marcus, and his cousins Hillel and Woody. Three brilliant young men with their whole lives 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 real story of the Baltimore Boys.
The Baltimore is both the prequel and sequel to The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair in the excellent and highly enjoyable global bestseller Marcus Goldman series.
The Baltimore Boys (2017) is translated from the French by Alison Anderson.
About the author: Joël 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’Académie Française and the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens. 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. The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair is now a major SkyWitness series starring Patrick Dempsey.
About the translator: Alison Anderson worked as an English teacher in Switzerland, France, Greece and Croatia, before settling down as a consular agent and translator in the San Francisco Bay area for a number of years, during which she published two novels, Hidden Latitudes and Darwin’s Wink. In 2008, she moved back to Europe and has since been working as a full-time literary translator. Her third novel, The Summer Guest, was published in 2016. She has translated over ninety novels from French, including Muriel Barbery’s The Elegance of the Hedgehog and works by Nobel laureate JMG Le Clézio. She is currently living in a village in the French speaking part of Switzerland.
Rating: 5/5
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