

" The Anomaly is one and ten novels at once, brilliantly connecting every mystery of intimacy with the great mystery of humanity." -Michel Bussi, author of After the Crash I couldn't put it down." -Terry Miles, author of Rabbits The Anomaly is a gripping and moving blend of Blake Crouch's Dark Matter, the television show Lost, with a bit of The Philadelphia Experiment thrown in for good measure. "In The Anomaly, Hervé Le Tellier has delivered a volatile and compelling thriller that has you hurtling toward the mystery at the heart of the novel from page one. Miller, Nebula Award-winning author of Blackfish City "A uniquely, gloriously, provocatively French contribution to the sci-fi thriller genre-it will keep you guessing, get your heart pounding, and make you feel and wonder and-above all-think." -Sam J. "A witty, erudite novel, teeming and minutely detailed, a treat throughout, with-at its center-that head-spinning conceit that will leave you deep in thought for a long time after reading the final page." -Nicolas Mathieu, Goncourt Prize-winning author of And Their Children After Them You won't want to put this book down until the very last page!" -Leila Slimani, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny "Buckle your seat belts, as Hervé Le Tellier takes you on an extraordinary ride. "An extraordinary mix of existential thriller and speculative fiction.This thought-provoking literary work deserves a wide readership." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) is priceless." - Times Literary Supplement

"A striking thought experiment.Le Tellier delivers some sharp social comedy here.But behind the comedy are more profound psychological questions about individual freedom. "Humorous, captivating, thoughtful-existentialism has never been so thrilling." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) puzzle box of a sci-fi thriller." - PopSugar, Best New Mystery and Thriller Books of the Month swerves between various genres-science fiction, a thriller, love stories, an introspective work-without being confined by any of them." - New York Times "With its elegant mix of science fiction and metaphysical mystery, Le Tellier's thriller is.a flight of imagination you'll be rolling over in your mind long after deplaning." - Washington Post
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"Enthralling.a profoundly affecting examination of free will, fate, reality, and the meaning of existence, cloaked in a high-concept plot that could have come from The Twilight Zone or Black Mirror.exists in that most excellent of Venn diagrams, where high entertainment meets serious literature." - New York Times, Best Thrillers of the Year An ingenious, timely variation on the doppelgänger theme, it taps into the parts of ourselves that elude us most. In Hervé Le Tellier's most ambitious work yet, high literature follows the lead of a bingeable Netflix series, drawing on the best of genre fiction from "chick lit" to mystery, while also playfully critiquing their hallmarks. As it charts the fallout of this logic-defying event, The Anomaly takes us on a journey from Lagos and Mumbai to the White House and a top-secret hangar.
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Victor Miesel, a critically acclaimed yet largely obscure writer suddenly on the precipice of global fame.Ībout to start their descent to JFK, they hit a shockingly violent patch of turbulence, emerging on the other side to a reality both perfectly familiar and utterly strange. Joanna, a Black American lawyer pressured to play the good old boys' game to succeed with her Big Pharma client. Slimboy, a Nigerian pop star who uses his womanizing image to hide that he's gay. In their own way, they were all living double lives when they boarded the plane:īlake, a respectable family man who works as a contract killer.

Who would we be if we had made different choices? Told that secret, left that relationship, written that book? We all wonder-the passengers of Air France 006 will find out. Winner of the Goncourt Prize and now an international phenomenon, this dizzying, whip-smart novel blends crime, fantasy, sci-fi, and thriller as it plumbs the mysteries surrounding a Paris-New York flight. Description A New York Times bestseller and a Best Thriller of the Year
