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Paris Echo

Paris Echo

The Sunday Times Bestseller from the author of Birdsong

Summary

American academic Hannah and runaway Moroccan teenager Tariq have little in common, yet both find themselves haunted by the ghosts of Paris.

'Superb... Weaves winningly between the present and the Second World War, between Tangier and Paris' Observer

Hannah listens to the extraordinary witness of women living under the German Occupation of World War Two and finds a city bursting with clues, connections and past love affairs, while in the migrant suburbs Tariq is searching for a mother he barely knew. Urgent and deeply moving, Paris Echo asks how much we really need to know in order to live a valuable life.

'An exquisite book. Deeply affecting' Daily Mail

'Faulks is doing what he does best' The Times

Reviews

  • Superb... weaves winningly between the present and the second world war, between Tangiers and Paris.
    Alex Preston, Observer

About the author

Sebastian Faulks

Sebastian Faulks has written nineteen books, of which A Week in December and The Fatal Englishman were number one in the Sunday Times bestseller lists. He is best known for Birdsong, part of his French trilogy, and Human Traces, the first in an ongoing Austrian trilogy. Before becoming a full-time writer, he worked as a journalist on national papers. He has also written screenplays and has appeared in small roles on stage. He lives in London.
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