The stunning new novel from the author of the global bestseller, The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair
“Sweeping, clever, heartbreaking and memorable. The perfect summer read” Grazia
“A moving story of brotherhood and family rivalry” The Times
NOVEMBER 24, 2004. The day of the tragedy. The end of a brotherhood.
Fresh from the staggering success of The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair, 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 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.
READER REVIEWS
“An incredible story. Gripping from beginning to end”
“I couldn’t put it down. It’s been several years since I’ve picked up a book. This one has well and truly lit the fire.”
Translated from the French by Alison Anderson
“Sweeping, clever, heartbreaking and memorable. The perfect summer read” Grazia
“A moving story of brotherhood and family rivalry” The Times
NOVEMBER 24, 2004. The day of the tragedy. The end of a brotherhood.
Fresh from the staggering success of The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair, 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 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.
READER REVIEWS
“An incredible story. Gripping from beginning to end”
“I couldn’t put it down. It’s been several years since I’ve picked up a book. This one has well and truly lit the fire.”
Translated from the French by Alison Anderson
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Reviews
A literary phenomenon
Veers between nostalgia for what could have been and regrets for what can never be. Captivating and beautifully conceived
Once again, Dicker brilliantly combines all the elements that first enticed his legions of readers
Joël Dicker really knows how to tell a great story
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
A titan of a novel. Nabokovian. Highly recommended
A new masterstroke from Joël Dicker. The ace up his sleeve
My goodness, this Joël Dicker can really spin a yarn
Really compelling. A multi-layered family saga that behaves like a thriller
A novel with the power to enthral its readers and whose characters will remain fixed in your memory
A top-class literary thriller that smoothly outclasses its rivals
It's like 'Twin Peaks' meets Atonement meets In Cold Blood - the French thriller everyone is talking about
An expertly realised, addictive Russian doll of a whodunit
The book of the year
Sweeping, clever, heartbreaking and memorable. The perfect summer read
A striking insight into America's weird class system, and a moving
story of brotherhood and family rivalry
Immense and detailed . . . The backstory is all-consuming and will not let you skip a single paragraph