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He will not admit it to Rhea and Lars - never, of course not - but Sheldon can't help but wonder what it is he's doing here... Eighty-two years old, and recently widowed, Sheldon Horowitz has grudgingly moved to Oslo, with his grand-daughter and her Norwegian husband. An ex-Marine, he talks often to the ghosts of his past - the friends he lost in the Pacific and the son who followed him into the US Army, and to his death in Vietnam. When Sheldon witnesses the murder of a woman in his apartment complex, he rescues her six-year-old son and decides to run. Pursued by both the Balkan gang responsible for the murder, and the Norwegian police, he has to rely on training from over half a century before to try and keep the boy safe. Against a strange and foreign landscape, this unlikely couple, who can't speak the same language, start to form a bond that may just save them both. An extraordinary debut, featuring a memorable hero, Norwegian by Night is the last adventure of a man still trying to come to terms with the tragedies of his life. Compelling and sophisticated, it is both a chase through the woods thriller and an emotionally haunting novel about ageing and regret.
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Norwegian by Night, Derek B. Miller
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 2013
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- Titel
- Norwegian by Night
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Derek B. Miller
- Uitgever
- Faber & Faber
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2013
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 304
- ISBN10
- 0571294278
- ISBN13
- 9780571294275
- Reeks
- Sigrid Ødegård
- Tags
- Fictie, Historisch thema, Detectives & Thriller, Thrillers, Politiek, Familie, Spanning, Oorlogsproza, Oorlogen, Amerikaanse Literatuur, Klassieke detectives, Psychologische thrillers, Herinneringen, Verleden, Verlies, Ontsnapping, Psychologische romans, Noordse detectives, Zonde, Noorwegen, Ouderdom, Vergeving, Dementie (ziekte), Oslo, Weduwnaars
- Eerste editie
- 2013
- Oorspronkelijke titel
- Norwegian by Night
- Beoordeling
- 3,95 van 5
- Aantekening
- He will not admit it to Rhea and Lars - never, of course not - but Sheldon can't help but wonder what it is he's doing here... Eighty-two years old, and recently widowed, Sheldon Horowitz has grudgingly moved to Oslo, with his grand-daughter and her Norwegian husband. An ex-Marine, he talks often to the ghosts of his past - the friends he lost in the Pacific and the son who followed him into the US Army, and to his death in Vietnam. When Sheldon witnesses the murder of a woman in his apartment complex, he rescues her six-year-old son and decides to run. Pursued by both the Balkan gang responsible for the murder, and the Norwegian police, he has to rely on training from over half a century before to try and keep the boy safe. Against a strange and foreign landscape, this unlikely couple, who can't speak the same language, start to form a bond that may just save them both. An extraordinary debut, featuring a memorable hero, Norwegian by Night is the last adventure of a man still trying to come to terms with the tragedies of his life. Compelling and sophisticated, it is both a chase through the woods thriller and an emotionally haunting novel about ageing and regret.