"One night in Oslo, Christmas shoppers gather to listen to a Salvation Army street concert. An explosion cuts through the music, and a man in uniform falls to the ground. Harry Hole and his team have little to work with: no immediate suspect, no weapon and no motive.
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Contemporary, classical in form, grave and earnest.
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- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Jo Nesbø
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 528
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House, Vintage, Random House Canada
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- German, nor, English, dan
- ISBN
- 9780307355720
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