Joël Dicker's masterful novel about a struggling writer who resolves to clear thename of an old friend accused of murder is one of the most sought after literaryproperties of recent times.Set in New England, and hailed as a great American novel despite its Swissauthorship, The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair has drawn comparison withthe works of Philip Roth and John Steinbeck. Steeped in the heady atmosphereofclassic Americana, it signals the emergenceof a writer of monumental talent.Dicker is a terrific storyteller who has written an absolutely gripping mystery, anarrative that continuously surprises its readers as it unravels.