By Peter on Jul 30, 2010 in About authors, Camilla Lackberg, Crime Books, Hakan Nesser, Jo Nesbo, Karin Fossum, Liza Marklund, Norwegian Writer, Stieg Larsson | 0 Comments
It is interesting to notice how tightly interrelated things are, and how developments internationally have domestic effects even in such areas as literature and, more specifically, crime fiction. Some years ago the traditionally industrious Swedes started to build an impressive crime fiction literature, with writers like Henning Mankell, Jan Guillou, Liza Marklund, Håkan Nesser, Åke [...]
By Peter on Mar 31, 2009 in About authors, Crime Books, Jo Nesbo, bestseller | 0 Comments
The Canadian newspaper Globe & Mail recently reviewed The Redeemer by Jo Nesbo. They view this book as probably Nesbo’s best, and possibly also one of the best crime books of 2009! Very nice for Jo Nesbo. Here is the review:
THE REDEEMER
By Jo Nesbo, translated by Don Bartlett, Random House Canada, 457 pages, $27.95
The [...]
By Peter on Jan 11, 2009 in About authors, Crime Books, Excellent book, Jo Nesbo, The World of Books, bestseller | 0 Comments
New York Times today reviewed Nemesis, one of Jo Nesbo’s Inspector Harry Hole crime novels. The sexy, soulful Oslo homicide detective is getting to be increasingly popular both in Europe and in the US.
The review of Nemesis was very positive, but the reviewer thinks Nesbo may be a little too tidy in his writing:
Nesbo falls [...]
By Peter on Jan 30, 2008 in Crime Books, Jo Nesbo, Norwegian Writer | 0 Comments
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo won the Glass Key prize for the best Nordic crime novel when it was first published, and was subsequently voted Norway’s best crime novel. Jo Nesbo ( Nesbø in Norwegian) is a young, wonderfully gifted storyteller that increasingly is being noticed among crime book readers in the US and UK. [...]
