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THE FIRST BOOK IN EDGAR-NOMINATED ANNE HOLT'S INTERNATIONAL
BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES FEATURING DETECTIVE HANNE WILHELMSEN,
LAST SEEN IN "1222"
In 18th-century Honfleur, a child is born with a terrifying destiny before him. His name is Latour, and he is incapable of feeling pain. Obsessed by his abnormality and fascinated by the mysteries of pain, Latour loses himself in a spiral of murder, and dissection, trying to fathom the secrets of the human body. Finally he meets the infamous Marquis de Sade, whose faithful servant and accomplice he becomes. "A classic of our time."--"L'Hebdo Litteraire" 'An atmosphere strongly reminiscent of Suskind's "Perfume." A tour de force in horror from which it is impossible to escape.'-- "Questions de Femmes" "An atmosphere strongly reminiscent of Suskind's "Perfume." A tour de force in horror from which it is impossible to escape.'-- "Questions de Femmes" Born in Olso in 1965, Nikolaj Frobenius has worked as a scriptwriter for both the theatre and cinema.
In 18th-century Honfleur, a child is born with a terrifying destiny before him. His name is Latour, and he is incapable of feeling pain. Obsessed by his abnormality and fascinated by the mysteries of pain, Latour loses himself in a spiral of murder, and dissection, trying to fathom the secrets of the human body. Finally he meets the infamous Marquis de Sade, whose faithful servant and accomplice he becomes. "A classic of our time."--"L'Hebdo Litteraire" 'An atmosphere strongly reminiscent of Suskind's "Perfume." A tour de force in horror from which it is impossible to escape.'-- "Questions de Femmes" "An atmosphere strongly reminiscent of Suskind's "Perfume." A tour de force in horror from which it is impossible to escape.'-- "Questions de Femmes" Born in Olso in 1965, Nikolaj Frobenius has worked as a scriptwriter for both the theatre and cinema.
THE FIRST INSTALMENT IN THE HANNE WILHELMSEN SERIES. A superbly chilling story of corruption in the corridors of power. A drug dealer is battered to death in the outskirts of Oslo. A young Dutch student, covered in blood, walks aimlessly through the streets of central Oslo. He is taken into custody, but refuses to speak. Five days later a shady criminal lawyer called Hans Olsen is murdered. The two deaths don't seem related, but Detective Inspector Hanne Wilhelmsen is unconvinced. Soon, she uncovers a link between the bodies: Olsen defended the drug dealer. But there are powerful forces working against Hanne; a conspiracy that reaches far beyond a crooked lawyer and a small-time dealer. The investigation will take her into the offices of the most powerful men in Norway - and even put her own life at risk...
Until the posthumous publication of the Millennium Trilogy, Stieg Larsson was probably best known for his commitment to left-wing causes, and his tireless work as an anti-fascist activist. Horrified by the rise of far-right extremism in Sweden, he threw himself into monitoring and exposing these often shadowy and violent groups and gained an international reputation for the depth of his achievements and knowledge. However his work carried substantial risks and he and his partner Eva Gabrielsson lived in constant fear for their lives. Jan Erik-Pettersson shows how Stieg's activism and energetic championing of social justice and women's rights characterised his life, as well as demonstrating how these concerns animated his huge-selling Millennium Trilogy, in particular the unforgettable character of Lisbeth Salander. He also persuasively establishes Stieg's place within the explosion of Scandinavian crime with which his novels are so closely associated, showing that in many ways his fiction stands somewhat apart from the work of other authors in this tradition. In Stieg: From Activist to Author, Jan Erik-Pettersson portrays a man willing to put his life at risk in order to fight for the things in which he believed, and an author whose inimitable work was energized by the causes to which he was so strongly committed.
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