Until the day of the tragedy, there were two Goldman families: the Goldmans of Baltimore and the Goldmans of Montclair. The Goldmans of Montclair, whose descendant is Marcus Goldman, the author of "The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair," are a middle-class family living in a small house in Montclair, New Jersey. The Goldmans of Baltimore are a wealthy family with a life that smiles upon them. They live in a luxurious house in a wealthy suburb of Baltimore, and Marcus admires them immensely.
Eight years after the tragedy, Marcus Goldman decides to write the story of his family. He leaves behind, in February 2012, the New York winter to settle in Boca Raton, Florida, where he devotes himself to his new novel.
As he recalls the memories of his childhood and youth, Marcus returns to the life and fate of the Goldmans of Baltimore and the magical feeling that this wealthy American family once caused him, amidst Miami vacations, the Hamptons summer house, and the amusing incidents that occurred in private schools. As the years pass through the lens of his memory, the surface of the Goldmans of Baltimore gradually fades, while the impending tragedy looms on the horizon. Until the day everything is turned upside down. This is the question that has since haunted Marcus: what exactly happened to the Goldmans of Baltimore?
The author of "The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair" returns with a novel that justifies the enthusiasm and expectations of his readers around the world.
