"Vivid set pieces. . . . Modiano's interest in characters living on the margins of society--grifters, chanteuses, black marketeers and petty thieves, all the standard habitués of the twilit world of the demimonde--is on full display in Family Record."--Bailey Trela, Tablet

"[A] satisfying blend of memoir and novelization. . . . A fascinating exploration of memory and culpability."--Publishers Weekly

"[A] rich, enthralling novel . . . [with] a furious excitement. . . . I never wanted to put it down."--Robert Fulford, National Post (Canada)

"At only 32, Modiano had already found the subjects and themes that would engage him across decades. . . . This early work is a key to the author's larger project."--Rumaan Alam, New Republic

"[A] seamless blend of memoir and invention [that] is classic Modiano--made manifest in its bewitching ambience, vague menace, and muted longing--though its cumulative effects strike me as uniquely personal among his fictions."--Dustin Illingworth, Jewish Currents

Finalist for the 33rd Annual French Translation Prize sponsored by the French-American Foundation