JO NESBØ is a musician, songwriter, economist, and #1 New York Times best-selling author. He has won the Raymond Chandler Award for Lifetime Achievement as well as many other awards. His books have sold 55 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 50 languages. His Harry Hole novels include The Redeemer, The Snowman, The Leopard, Phantom, The Thirst, and most recently Knife, and he is also the author of The Son, Headhunters, Macbeth, The Kingdom and several children's books. He lives in Oslo.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A USA Today Critic’s Pick • Winner of The
Riverton Prize for Best Norwegian Crime Novel of the Year • Winner
of The Glass Key for Best Nordic Crime Novel of the Year
“This is an absolute must for devotees of the riveting train wreck
that is Harry Hole.... While the chronological confusion is
disconcerting, it adds a layer of dramatic irony to the tale and
enhances its tension and power.”
—Booklist (starred review)
“Harry is already every bit as volcanic as in his later cases. The
big difference is Australia, which Nesbø, seeing it through the
eyes of both a tourist and a cultural pathologist, makes you wonder
how much different it is from Norway after all.”
—Kirkus Reviews
"This debut effort shows Nesbø as an already confident genre
craftsman, striking sparks from the familiar genre material of
Harry’s fish-out-of-water experience in a foreign land and
odd-couple pairing with a mismatched partner."
—Publishers Weekly
“Even with this first book Nesbø’s command of the idiom is
completely in place—there is absolutely no sense that the writer
was finding his feet and aficionados will be very pleased to slide
this on to their bookshelves alongside the other Harry Hole
novels.”
—The Daily Express
“It is fantastic to see a younger Harry, a more loquacious
Harry.... [Nesbø is] a terrific writer who knows how to build a
story, taking you slowly to the top of a rollercoaster before
sending you hurtling towards a solution that you never see
coming.”
—Scottish Express
“Nesbø is already taking on the clichés, ruthlessly tearing them
apart and coming up with new riffs.... Most satisfyingly, we can
now see the organic shape that Nesbø always intended his work to
take.”
—The Independent (London)
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