The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair

December 18, 2008: Harry visits Marcus for his final goodbye. Marcus shows him the recording of Jenny’s interrogation. She claims she never suspected anything until they found Nola’s body, at which point she heard Pratt talking to Travis, claiming Harry would get the blame. She confronted Travis, who confessed to the murder. She protected him by threatening Marcus and setting fire to the car and the house. Pratt was cracking under pressure, so they eliminated him and the gun he had kept.

Next, they watch Travis’s interrogation. Pratt was going to confess, so Travis hit him with the nightstick, the same one he used on Nola. Jenny asked her father to get rid of the things because she did not trust Travis with them. When they arrested Robert, Travis decided to let him take the blame, at least until he and Jenny got out of the country. Travis kept Nola’s necklace as a memento, he reveals, saying, “That necklace was my punishment. It reminded me of the past” (577).

Crying, Harry refuses to watch the final truth revealed. Marcus discloses that Harry did not write The Origin of Evil: There are no