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Book SynopsisThe multi-award-winning compact epic of passion, ambition and the American Dream.
Trade ReviewOne of the most original and exciting writers to have come from France in the last few years -- Jonathan Coe
Maylis de Kerangal's extraordinary novel is her first book to be translated into English. Hopefully we will not have to wait long for more. -- J.S. Tennant * Independent *
Astonishing writing ... an original, laconic, astute and relentlessly topical morality tale that scores several direct hits -- Eileen Battersby * Irish Times *
'A literary explosion' Marine Landrot,
Télérama. * Télérama *
A magnificent novel ... The book's themes are mythic; it's prose, symphonic -- M.A.C. Farrant * Vancouver Sun *
This delightful book's unabashed idealism marks it as a kind of aspirational fairy tale -- Sam Sachs * Wall Street Journal *
Moore's translation is elegant and sensitively attuned to the author's wordplay and neologisms -- Kirkus Reviews
