The Mystery of Henri Pick by David Foenkinos; Sam Taylor (translator)

$23.00 NZD

Category: Crime & Thrillers | Series: Walter Presents

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. In the small town of Crozon in Brittany, a library houses manuscripts that were rejected for publication; the faded dreams of aspiring writers. Vis iting 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.... The Mystery of Henri Pick is the first novel in Pushkin Press' 'Walter Presents' series - all handpicked by Walter Iuzzolino from around the world. It has sold over 500,000 copies in France, been translated into 17 languages, and made into a successful French feature film.     ...Show more