Pierre Lemaitre
In November 1918, just days before the armistice, Lieutenant d'Aulnay-Pradelle ordered an absurd offense that will culminate with the soldiers Albert Édouard Péricourt Maillard and seriously injured in a confusing and dramatic incident that bind their fates inexorably. Édouard, of wealthy and exceptional talent for drawing family has suffered a horrible mutilation and refuses to meet his father and sister. Albert, of humble origin and cowardly character falls asleep hugging a horse head cardboard and willing to unspeakable provided to compensate Édouard, who owes his life. And Pradelle, aristocrat rundown, cynical, womanizing, is obsessed with recovering their social status. Back in Paris, the three veterans will rebel against a reality that condemns them to poverty and oblivion. Thus, an ingenious scam by Édouard to avenge his father, who always repudiated by their sensitivity and their artistic skills. Incidentally wants to help the faithful Albert, whose pruritus is to flee to the antipodes to forget Cécile, his lost love. Although perhaps more ambitious Pradelle, that will shake the conscience of France by a monumental crime entire operation designed to quickly amass a fortune. The pitfalls are considerable, but the will of the three seems endless. In a brilliant fusion of high literature and popular literature, Pierre Lemaitre has created a thrilling story progresses the rhythm of a detective story. Masterfully integrating elements from genres as diverse as adventure story, psychological drama, social and political events and the antiwar argument, the story is a waste of humor, anger and compassion that will surely captivate all readers.
