Norwegian by Night - Softcover

Miller, Derek B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571294278 ISBN 13: 9780571294275

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2013

Synopsis

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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Review:

WINNER OF THE JOHN CREASEY NEW BLOOD DAGGER - BEST FIRST NOVEL, CWA

A BEST CRIME AND THRILLER OF THE YEAR PICK, Guardian

A TOP FICTION TITLE OF THE YEAR PICK, Economist

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK, Financial Times

Book Description:

Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller is an edge-of-your-seat thriller written with great humanity and humour, following an elderly American on the run across Norway with a kid in danger.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0571294278
• ISBN 13: 9780571294275
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304