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He Who Fears the Wolf
Karin Fossum Translated from the Norwegian by Felicity David
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9780151010912 Hardcover
0151010919
$23.00
288pages
Available
Trim Size:
6 x 9
Copyright Year:
2005
Territory:
US, O
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Synopsis |
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Inspector Sejer is hard at work again, investigating the brutal murder of a woman who lived alone in the middle of the woods. The chief suspect is another loner, a schizophrenic recently escaped from a mental institution. The only witness is a twelve-year-old boy, overweight, obsessed with archery, and a resident at a home for delinquents. When a demented man robs a nearby bank and accidentally takes the suspect hostage, the three misfits are drawn into an uneasy alliance.
Shrewdly, patiently, as is his way, Inspector Sejer confronts a case where the strangeness of the crime is matched only by the strangeness of the criminals, and where small-town prejudices warp every piece of information he tries to collect. Fossum once again provides extraordinary insight into marginalized lives and richly evokes the atmosphere she captured so brilliantly in Don't Look Back.
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Praise |
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"Easily one of the best new imports the genre has to offer"
Baltimore Sun,7/31/2005
"A superb writer of psychological suspense"
Marilyn Stasio,New York Times,7/10/2005
"Fossum raises interesting questions throughout...That she doesn't pretend to have all the answers only adds to the force of her story."
Wall Street Journal,7/15/2005
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Biography |
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KARIN FOSSUM is the author of many novels and two collec-tions of short stories. Her crime novels featuring Inspector Sejer have been translated into sixteen languages. She lives in Oslo.
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General Subjects |
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Fiction- Mystery & Detective/General
Fiction- General
Fiction- Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
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Rights Details |
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First Serial/Second Serial/Reprint: Harcourt
Audio/UK: Harvill Secker (Random House UK Ltd.)
Performance/Translation: J. W. Cappelens Forlag
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Rights Information |
Harcourt Books
An imprint ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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