Silence and the Rage

By: Pierre Lemaitre

Published by Little Brown, 2025-07-08

<b>From "a novelist at the height of his powers," a dramatic and jubilant dive into France in the "glorious years" of the 1950s, through the lens of one ambitious, troubled, and utterly compelling family (<i>La Croix</i>).</b><br> <br> <br> <br> It is 1952 and the grown children of Louis Pelletier, a prominent businessman with a dark past, have settled in Paris. Jean, the menacing eldest brother, is trapped in a stifling marriage, his days lightened only by his love for his three-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, the bloody consequences of his violent impulses threaten to catch up to him at last.<br> <br> <br> <br> François, an up-and-coming reporter, is caught up in a turbulent love affair with an intriguing woman who isn't quite the person she pretends to be. And Hélène, their younger sister, strives to make her own way as a journalist as she fights to expose a vast industrial scandal. But as a woman in a man's world, Hélène's devotion to her career comes at a life-threatening cost.<br> <br> <br> <br> Dark and compelling, witty and vivid, and filled with surprising reversals and cliffhangers, <i>The Silence and the Rage</i> is the story of one remarkable family against the backdrop of France during one of its most thrilling and volatile periods.