V13

I’ll read anything by Emmanuel Carrère, a roving intellectual with a curious mind . . . A powerful read

I’ll read anything by Emmanuel Carrère, a roving intellectual with a curious mind . . . A powerful read

Emmanuel Carrère [is] quite possibly France’s best non-fiction writer… [ V13 is] a masterpiece

Extraordinary . . . A lattice of absorbing storylines . . . Absolutely gripping

Carrère’s icy, disclosing style is a marvel . . . In this marvellous and terrifying book, Carrère convinces us that good is not just morally better than evil. Good is actually more interesting than evil, and a harder philosophical problem to solve

Extraordinary and generous

Compelling and richly rendered . . . Carrère is one of the most exciting and formally innovative of current non-fiction writers

A gripping testimony of terror and loss . . . the strength and humanity Carrère brings out makes for a reading experience that is at once humbling and invigorating

Magisterial . . . It's a reminder of humanity, and its frailty

It is hard to imagine a book emerging that will manage to be more informative, moving or likely to last than Emmanuel Carrère’s V13

A curious but compelling mix of dramatic reconstruction, psychological deliberation and personal reflection

Carrère has . . . forged an extremely readable story out of a dizzying amount of information

An affirmation of life , of survival , of the bonds of community and solidarity that allow us to rebuild in the aftermath of shattering violence

Forensic and troubling, deeply humane, utterly gripping , a book of singular importance for our times, on law as story and life, superbly rendered for the reader in English

Not since Hannah Arendt wrote about the trial of the Nazi Adolf Eichmann has a book laid bare the political and moral scaffolding of our times with such commitment and intelligence

Impelled by a tolerant mind’s desire to confront the intolerable, V13 is an utterly riveting account of one of contemporary Europe’s darkest nights – and its anguished aftermath – by a French literary colossus

V13 is a work of profound moral imagination and inquiry . It is a dazzling book by one of the most extraordinary writers of our time

Brilliant. Clear-eyed, wise and compelling

An unforgettable book , a document of violence and dignity like no other, a work of such humanity and generous contemplation that it functions as a tribute to the value of testimony itself

Compassionate, unexpectedly funny at times, profoundly moving and uplifting, it’s a masterpiece

Emmanuel Carrère is a novelist, journalist, screenwriter and film director. He is the award-winning, internationally renowned author of sixteen books, including V13 , Limonov , The Kingdom , 97,196 Words , Yoga and the Sunday Times bestselling The Adversary .