The Little Liar

By Mitch Albom

Book Overview

An Instant New York Times Bestseller

Beloved bestselling author Mitch Albom returns with his most important novel to date, an unforgettable work of World War II historical fiction about truth and lies set during the Holocaust.

Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis has never told a lie. When the Nazis invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is persuade his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading "north," where new jobs and safety await. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy reassures passengers on the station platform every day.

But when the final train is loaded, Nico sees his family being herded into a boxcar. Only then does he discover that he has helped send them--and everyone he knows and loves--to their doom at Auschwitz.

Nico escapes--but he never tells the truth again.

In The Little Liar, a gripping family saga, Mitch Albom examines the human repercussions of deception by interweaving the stories of Nico, who yearns for forgiveness; his older brother, Sebastian, who vows revenge against him; Fannie, the girl who must choose between them; and Udo Graf, the Nazi officer who forever changed their lives with his lies.

Through the war years, the concentration camps, and the decades that follow, Albom reveals the consequences of each person's honesty and dishonesty in this powerful story of survival, bringing them back to where it all started in a staggering climax worthy of the best of Albom's internationally embraced stories.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062406655
• ISBN13: 9780062406651
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.3" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

One of the best written books I've ever come across ...thanks Mitch!!

Tells a story that needs to be told in a way that needed to be told. And I don't know of anyone who could have told it better than Mitch ...as he makes you feel he is living it, and you are living it with him. Emotions that are often hidden are stirred up, and they swirl throughout the story with tremendous impact.

One of the best!

I love this one. Mitch Albom really did great job to write this book