The mystery of Henri Pick
Foenkinos, David2020
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The delightful first title in a new collaboration with Channel 4's Walter Presents: a fast-paced comic mystery enriched by a deep love of books. In the small town of Crozon in Brittany, a library houses manuscripts that were rejected for publication: the faded dreams of aspiring writers. Visiting while on holiday, young editor Delphine Despero is thrilled to discover a novel so powerful that she feels compelled to bring it back to Paris to publish it. The book is a sensation, prompting fevered interest in the identity of its author - apparently one Henri Pick, a now-deceased pizza chef from Crozon. Sceptics cry that the whole thing is a hoax: how could this man have written such a masterpiece? An obstinate journalist, Jean-Michel Rouche, heads to Brittany to investigate. By turns farcical and moving, The Mystery of Henri Pick is a fast-paced comic mystery enriched by a deep love of books - and of the authors who write them.
Main title:
The mystery of Henri Pick / David Foenkinos ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor.
Author:
Foenkinos, David, authorTaylor, Sam, 1970-, translator
Imprint:
London : Pushkin Press, 2020.©2020
Collation:
281 pages ; 20 cm
Series title:
Notes:
"The mystery of Henri Pick was first published as Le mystère Henri Pick by Editions Gallimard in Paris, 2016"--Title page verso.Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781782275824 (paperback)
Dewey class:
843.914
Language:
EnglishFrench
Subject:
BRN:
373917
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - Crime | F | Onloan - Due: 16 May 2024 |
| Sandringham Library | Adult Fiction - Crime | FOEN | Onloan - Due: 17 May 2024 |