A review by tessyoung
The Great Swindle by Pierre Lemaitre

4.0

I was sceptical about this Lemaitre given the subject matter, I've read my share of 'war' literature over the years and was a bit lukewarm about it, but I was on holiday and had read what I'd taken so ended up reading something my partner had in our kindle library and which they recommended. Perhaps I should have been less reluctant to take the recommendation! I really liked this, it's very much post war but totally centred on the impact of war. It has everything I like abut Lemaitre's work, wonderfully crafted plot lines, characters that are so alive and not generally that likeable, a total lack of sentimentality, and alway a little something that you weren't quite expecting. I was engrossed and devoured it.