{"product_id":"the-silence-and-the-rage","title":"The Silence and the Rage","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035412662\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Headline\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A novelist at the height of his powers' \u003ci\u003eLa Croix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'You have the ingredients Balzac would have cooked with. And it is exactly those great 19th century novels that Lemaitre will remind you of' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI\u003cb\u003et is 1952 and the Pelletier family have returned to a life in France...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatriarch Louis Pelletier, a successful businessman with a dark past, has remained with his wife in Beirut, but his family have settled on French soil. Jean, the menacing eldest brother, hides a terrible secret and is trapped in a stifling marriage, though his life is enriched by his love for his three-year-old daughter. Fran ois, an up-and-coming reporter, is caught up in a volatile love affair; and Helene, their younger sister, strives to make her own way as a journalist, but as a woman in a man's world, she faces extraordinary challenges as she fights to expose a vast industrial scandal.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with twists and turns, dark and compelling, yet ripe with wit and surprising cliffhangers, \u003ci\u003eThe Silence and the Rage\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of one remarkable family against the backdrop of France during one of its most thrilling and turbulent periods.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Lemaitre's hard-boiled style of writing is perfectly matched by his translator, Frank Wynne'\u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41506994552965,"sku":"PR402124","price":44.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/9781035412662_TNXPRXY4LNSF.jpg?v=1769654863","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/the-silence-and-the-rage","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}