A crime story. A love story. A worldwide phenomenon. More than 2 million copies sold

"August 30, 1975: the day fifteen-year-old Nola Kellergan is glimpsed fleeing through the woods, never to be heard from again; the day Somerset lost its innocence. Thirty-three years later, Marcus Goldman, a successful young novelist, visits Somerset to see his mentor, Quebert, one of the country's most respected writers, and to find a cure for his writer's block as his publisher's deadline looms."

No one knew better than Grossman what people are capable of. These stories and essays are one of the cultural monuments of the 20th century' David Herman, New Statesman.