THE MASTER OF NORDIC NOIR

Cabalgando la ola de popularidad de la novela negra escandinava, el autor noruego ha publicado su decimotercera novela protagonizada por el detective Harry Hole. El maestro del noir nórdico narra en Eclipse (Reservoir Books) una historia de violencia y parásitos, y habla de su relación con sus peronajes, creados para unos lectores cada vez más sofisticados y exigentes.

by MARIAM KHAN

BOOKS Harry Hole, Oslo’s greatest detective, is back. The fictional anti-hero created by Norwegian author Jo Nesbø appears once again in Killing Moon (Eclipse in Spanish), the 13th instalment1 of the best-selling series of crime novels. The first Harry Hole book was published in 1997 and, since then, over fifty-five million copies have been sold worldwide, translated into fifty languages. Harry Hole is a complex character: a rule breaker2 with a strong sense of justice, who exasperates his superiors and inspires loyalty from his team. Throughout3 the series, he struggles4 with alcoholism, authority and his complicated relationship with single mother Rakel. KILLING MOON Killing Moon picks up5 Harry’s story in Los Angeles. He is not in a good place. Everyone he has ever loved has left him and he has…

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