Paris Echo - Hardcover

SEBASTIAN FAULKS's books include Birdsong, Where My Heart Used to Beat, A Possible Life, Human Traces, On Green Dolphin Street, Charlotte Gray, The Fatal Englishman, The Girl at the Lion d'Or, Engleby, A Week in December and the James Bond novel Devil May Care. In 2011, he wrote and presented the four-part television series Faulks on Fiction for BBC Two.

"Faulks immerses readers into a haunted Paris. . . . Exhilarating. . . . Fans of Paula McClain and Ian McEwan will enjoy Faulks's touching tale of two Parisian visitors looking to reimagine their self-identities in a changing world." ―Publishers Weekly

"Briskly told and engaging. . . . [Paris Echo] is an entertaining novel with memorable characters. A fun romp through Paris and history." ―Kirkus Reviews

"Enveloping. . . . Faulks offers a subtle but affecting portrait of friendship while exploring the immense difficulty of making sense of the larger world." ―Booklist

"Superb." —The Observer (UK)

"[An] exquisite book. . . . A deeply affecting, wholly unsolemn treatment of some of the 20th century's darkest moments" —Daily Mail (UK)

"Tariq is one of Mr. Faulks's most memorable charmers . . . and Paris Echo, for all its tragedy, one of his most buoyant novels, flawlessly paced and deftly constructed. Here this agile writer . . . moves gracefully back and forth between shadow and light, weaving together disparate stories but never too neatly." —The Wall Street Journal

"Both thoughtful and thought-provoking with memorable characters and a profound sense of the past in the present." —Sunday Express (UK)

"Faulks is doing what he does best." ―The Times (UK)

"Paris Echo is another impressive achievement. . . . There is humour and humanity in this bold, perceptive novel." —Express (UK)

"The prowess of [Faulks's] storytelling makes him a graceful guide through 'the great world of the past.' . . . Cunningly crafted. . . . France's unquiet histories are brought to life by a master storyteller." —Financial Times (UK)

"Master storytelling. . . . [An] intriguing and moving story that shows how the future is shaped by the past." —Women & Home

"This is a deeply cinematic novel. . . . Paris Echo is brimming with facts and hard truths about how people act during war that we could all benefit from knowing." —Evening Standard (UK)

"Romantic. Intriguing. Beguiling. . . . Paris Echo takes readers to places tourists don’t visit . . . [and] is so intimately, so evocatively like Paris." ―The Sunday Times (UK)

"Paris Echo does not disappoint. . . . A stimulating read." ―John Boyne, The Irish Times