Fallen Angels
Gunnar Staalesen; Trans. Don Bartlett
Language: English
Published by Orenda, 2020
Series: Book 11 of 14 - Varg Veum
- Softcover
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Hailed by one reviewer as 'razor-edged Scandinavian crime fiction at its finest', Gunnar Staalesen’s series follows Bergen-based private eye Varg Veum. This instalment sees the troubled sleuth reluctantly delving into memories of his own childhood to solve a horrific murder.
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- Title
- Fallen Angels
- Author
- Gunnar Staalesen; Trans. Don Bartlett
- Publisher
- Orenda
- Publication year
- 2020
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1913193063
- ISBN 13
- 9781913193065
- Series
- Book 11 of 14: Varg Veum
‘A vibrant look at the life, loves and betrayals of the past and the ways in which their tentacles cling, never letting you go’ John Harvey
‘One of my very favourite Scandinavian authors’ Ian Rankin
‘Masterful pacing’ Publishers Weekly
***Now a major TV series starring Trond Espen Seim***
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Exploring his own dark memories may be the only way to find a killer…
When Bergen PI Varg Veum finds himself at the funeral of a former classmate on a sleet-grey December afternoon, he’s unexpectedly reunited with his old friend Jakob – guitarist of the once-famous 1960s rock band The Harpers – and his estranged wife, Rebecca, Veum’s first love.
Their rekindled friendship is thrown into jeopardy by the discovery of a horrific murder, and Veum is forced to dig deep into his own adolescence and his darkest memories, to find a motive … and a killer.
Tense, vivid and deeply unsettling, Fallen Angels is the spellbinding, award-winning thriller that secured Gunnar Staalesen’s reputation as one of the world’s foremost crime writers.
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Praise for Gunnar Staalesen
'Every inch the equal of his Nordic confreres Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbø' Independent
‘Well worth reading, with the rest of Staalesen’s award-winning series’ New York Journal of Books
‘Staalesen continually reminds us why he is one of the finest of Nordic novelists’ Financial Times
‘The Norwegian Chandler’ Jo Nesbø
‘Not many books hook you in the first chapter – this one did, and never let go!’ Mari Hannah
‘Chilling and perilous results — all told in a pleasingly dry style’ Sunday Times
‘Staalesen does a masterful job of exposing the worst of Norwegian society in this highly disturbing entry’ Publishers Weekly
'The Varg Veum series is more concerned with character and motivation than spectacle, and it’s in the quieter scenes that the real drama lies’ Herald Scotland
‘Gunnar Staalesen is a master of the PI genre, and with Fallen Angels he is at the top of his game’ Live Many Lives
‘It is a story full of mystery, of uncertainty and threat … a truly thought-provoking read’ Jen Med’s Book Review
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About the Author
Don Bartlett completed an MA in Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia in 2000 and has since worked with a wide variety of Danish and Norwegian authors, including Jo Nesbø and Gunnar Staalesen’s Varg Veum series: We Shall Inherit the Wind, Wolves in the Dark and the Petrona award-winning Where Roses Never Die. He also translated Faithless, the previous book in Kjell Ola Dahl’s Oslo Detective series for Orenda Books. He lives with his family in a village in Norfolk.
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