Published by Vintage, part of Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback
£7.99
Author:
Karin Fossum
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780099565536
£7.99
Available for dispatch within 1-2 working days
EAN: 9780099565536
Published: 5 Jul 2012
A writer wakes one night to find a strange man in her bedroom. He is a character she has invented, but not yet used, and so desperate is he to have his story told that he has resorted to breaking into her house.
She creates him for Alvar Eide, a quiet, middle-aged man whose life is carefully designed to avoid surprise, but when a young heroine addict comes into the gallery where he works, Alvar's life is changed forever and his inventor realises that she cannot control the character she has created. The result is a superb novel that plays with the boundaries of fact and fiction.
Only registered users can recommend books. Please use the buttons below to either create a new account, or sign-in to an existing account.
Harrowing and shocking
- Independent
Fascinating and brilliant
- Literary Review
There is no room for debate: the most important writer of foreign crime fiction at work today is Karin Fossum
- Rough Guide to Crime Fiction
Norway's 'queen of crime'
- Observer
Among the most popular Norwegian crime writers... the best, in my view, [is] Karin Fossum
- Observer
Karin Fossum began her writing career in 1974. She has won numerous awards, including the Glass Key Award for the best Nordic crime novel, an honour shared with Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her highly acclaimed Inspector Sejer series has been published in more than thirty countries.
