Joël Dicker returns, a global phenomenon with twenty-two million readers, with "a book for readers from 7 to 120 years old" to move and share.
"A Napoleonic voice, who does not write, boxes."
El Cultural
Winner of the Goncourt des Lycéens Prize, Grand Novel Prize of the French Academy, Lire Prize, Qué Leer Prize, San Clemente Prize, and Alicante Noir International Prize.
It is Christmas Eve and Joséphine’s class visit to the zoo has been a disaster. No one knows exactly what happened and the girl’s parents are determined to find out. As the investigation progresses, we gradually understand that a disaster never comes alone, that appearances deceive, and that events can take a turn no one imagines.
The very disastrous visit to the zoo keeps us on edge until the end; it is a fun and moving novel, full of nods to our society, to democracy, inclusive education, the role of parents and teachers.
"Of the things readers tell me, what moves me most are the readings shared with family, friends, or in book clubs. That is why I have tried to write a book that all readers could read and share, no matter who they are or where they are, from 7 to 120 years old. With your children, your partner, your parents, your neighbors, or your coworkers. A book that makes you want to read and for others to read, without distinctions. And that allows us to meet again."
Joël Dicker
Critics have said:
"A celebration of shared reading and of recovering the child we once were. Because reading is not only imagining new worlds, it is also meeting again. And there is no better place to do so than within the pages of a good story."
Paula Tadeo Benítez Miguel, RTVE
"A Napoleonic voice, who does not write, boxes."
Laura Fernández, El Cultural
"Novels that are read at the pace of 100 pages in one sitting. [...] But something moves and becomes more complex in the map of the Swiss author with each book that passes."
Luis Alemany, El Mundo
"Dicker keeps writing novels that make you stop time. [...] In that, Dicker is a specialist and I envy him, a lot of envy."
Andrés Rodríguez, Forbes
"Dicker has risen to conquer the international literary throne. His fresh and lustful prose has captivated millions of thriller readers."
Galo Abrain, The Objective
"Dicker has become a master of time jumps, plot twists, surprising endings, and, in general, novels that grab you from the first page."
Jorge Coscarón, Esquire
"The new king of crime novels. [...] Dicker is surgical when it comes to deciphering the dark side of human nature."
Caio Ruvenal, ICON - El País
"A thriller with a breathtaking pace and suspense that establishes him as a true master of suspense."
Juanjo Villalba, Men's Health
"The art and skill of a born storyteller, someone who seems to have been born with the gift of wrapping whoever reads him with his narration."
Lorenzo Silva
"The Dicker phenomenon arrives. The successor to Stieg Larsson and E. L. James: entertainment in the vein."
Antonio Lozano, La Vanguardia
"Dicker will break records again and surpass his personal mark of more than 20 million readers. [...] A thriller with a breathtaking pace and suspense."
Begoña Alonso, Elle
