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Finn, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Woman in the Window \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[\u003cem\u003eThe Enigma of Room 622\u003c\/em\u003e is an] exhilarating tour de force\"-\u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA burnt-out writer's retreat at a fancy Swiss hotel is interrupted by a murder mystery in this metafictional, meticulously crafted whodunit from the \u003cem\u003eNew York Time\u003c\/em\u003es bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA writer named Joël, Switzerland's most prominent novelist, flees to the Hôtel de Verbier, a luxury resort in the Swiss Alps. Disheartened over a recent breakup and his longtime publisher's death, Joël hopes to rest. However, his plans quickly go awry. It all starts with a seemingly innocuous detail: \u003cem\u003eat the Verbier, there is no room 622\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore long, Joël and fellow guest Scarlett uncover a long-unsolved murder that transpired in the hotel's room 622. The attendant circumstances: the succession of Switzerland's largest private bank, a mysterious counterintelligence operation called P-30, and a most disreputable sabotage of hotel hospitality. A European phenomenon, \u003cem\u003eThe Enigma of Room 622 \u003c\/em\u003eis a matryoshka doll of intrigue-as precise as a Swiss watch-and Dicker's most diabolically addictive thriller yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the French by Robert Bononno\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joël Dicker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harpervia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.34w x 1.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063098824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDicker, Joël:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoël Dicker\u003c\/strong\u003e's novels have been translated into over forty languages and sold more than fifteen million copies worldwide. 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He studied German language and literature at the University of Zurich, where he wrote a doctoral thesis on the work of Max Frisch. For most of the 1970s and '80s, he was a teacher--a profession from which he retired eagerly in 1990 to become a full-time writer. As he put it in a rare self-portrait: \"I smoke, write haltingly, and live in the country.\" He wrote very haltingly, or rather meticulously indeed, publishing seven novels in the course of twenty years--among them \u003ci\u003eZündel's Exit\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), \u003ci\u003eCold Shoulder\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), and \u003ci\u003eOn the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e (2004). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Hofmann is a German-born, British-educated poet, critic, and translator. His most recent books are \u003ci\u003eOne Lark, One Horse\u003c\/i\u003e (poems) and \u003ci\u003eMessing About in Boats\u003c\/i\u003e (essays). 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The idealized glamour of Barbie and Ken on an endless honeymoon morphs into make-believe scenarios that reflect the splintering social structure brought about by the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s: politicians campaigning to define what it means to be a \"real\" Croatian, a refugee ball with \"disgusting\" dolls that are lesser than \"genuine\" Barbie products, the discovery of a mass grave filled with headless corpses thought to be Ken's mistresses. 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