My Brother - Softcover

Smirnoff, Karin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 178227670X ISBN 13: 9781782276708

Publisher: Pushkin Press, 2022

Synopsis

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE GIRL IN THE EAGLE'S TALONS, THE NEW GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO THRILLER FEATURING LISBETH SALANDER

STEEPED IN DARKNESS, COMPLICITY AND FORGIVENESS, THIS BESTSELLING SCANDI NOIR IS FOR FANS OF LITERARY FICTION SUCH AS MY ABSOLUTE DARLING, A LITTLE LIFE AND THE DISCOMFORT OF EVENING

A MAJOR BESTSELLER
OPTIONED FOR TV BY THE PRODUCERS OF THE BRIDGE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS AUGUST PRIZE
TRANSLATED INTO ELEVEN LANGUAGES

'Well worth the read' GUARDIAN

'Bleak and beautiful rural noir' CRIMEREADS

'Perfect for fans of Scandi-noir dramas' CULTUREFLY

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Jana Kippo has returned to Smalånger to see her twin brother, Bror, still living in the small family farmhouse in the remote north of Sweden.

Within the isolated community, secrets and lies have grown silently, undisturbed for years.

Following the discovery of a young woman's body in the long grass behind the sawmill, the siblings, hooked by a childhood steeped in darkness, need to break free.

But the truth cannot be found in other people's stories. The question is - can it be found anywhere?

A literary noir of phenomenal power about the magnetic attraction of the wrong person, the brutality visited upon one human to another - and a rural community that stood by and did nothing

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FURTHER PRAISE FOR MY BROTHER

'Possesses the same melodramatic power as Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels' ETC

'A media sensation. . . remarkable' GP

'Brutal, colourful, carnal. . . Impossible to put down' Expresse

'A rare story-telling talent' Aftonbladet

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READERS LOVE MY BROTHER

'A powerful story, brilliantly translated'

'Rural and epic in landscape, deep and heart-breaking in loss, and truth'

'If you enjoyed The Discomfort of Evenings by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, I think you will enjoy this too!'

About this title

About the Authors

Karin Smirnoff lives in Hertsånger, Sweden. She worked as a journalist before quitting her job to buy a wood factory. After a couple of years, she wrote her debut novel, My Brother, which was discovered on the slush pile. It became a critically acclaimed bestseller and has since been shortlisted for the prestigious August prize, translated into eleven languages, and optioned for TV by the producers behind The Bridge.

Dr Anna Paterson used to work as a neuroscientist and is now a writer and an award-winning translator from the Germanic languages into English. Her own recent writing has focused on the relationship between literature and environmental issues.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 178227670X
• ISBN 13: 9781782276708
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320