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A nail-biting cat-and-mouse thriller by a leading light of Danish new wave crime - and the inspiration for the cult Christmas movie The Silent Partner, starring Elliott Gould
'THE THING IN MY POCKET IS A REVOLVER. HAND OVER THE CASH YOU'VE GOT IMMEDIATELY.'
This is the draft of a note that unassuming bank clerk Flemming Borck finds discarded at the counter one evening. It’s a chance discovery that changes his life. Calculating that somebody is planning a hold-up – and that this somebody is the man dressed as Father Christmas outside the shopping centre – Borck takes a gamble and hatches a plan to make himself rich.
But he soon finds that even the best-laid plans have a way of unravelling, in the most horrible and messy ways…
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Anders Bodelsen (Author)
Anders Bodelsen (1937-2021) was a writer associated with the 1960s neo-realist wave in Denmark. He was especially well known for his thrillers – works of astonishing psychological veracity – which won him several Danish awards including the Golden Laurels and the Critics’ Award, as well as France’s Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and Sweden’s prestigious Martin Beck Award for Best Crime Novel.
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