Jean-Paul Didierlaurent won a number of short-story competitions and was twice awarded the Hemingway Prize before the resounding success of his first novel, the bestselling The Reader on the 6.27, which has been published in over thirty countries. The Rest of Their Lives is his second novel.
Also by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent
THE READER ON THE 6.27
First published 2017 by Mantle
This electronic edition published 2017 by Mantle
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ISBN 978-1-5098-4037-3
Copyright © Éditions Au diable vauvert 2016
Translation copyright © Ros Schwartz 2017
Cover design: Ami Smithson, Pan Macmillan art department
Author photograph © Gwendolyne Delisle
Originally published in French 2016 as Le reste de leur vie by Au diable vauvert
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