Jussi Adler-Olsen
Author of The Keeper of Lost Causes
About the Author
Jussi Henry Adler-Olsen was born in 1950 in Copenhagen. After graduating from the state school in Rødovre, he studied medicine, sociology and film making. In the late 1970s, he worked in various areas of publishing including cartoon-scripting, proof-reading and journalism. He went on to write two show more books about Groucho Marx (1984-1985). His first successful novel, Alfabethuset (The Alphabet House), followed in 1997. It tells the story of two British pilots on a secret mission who are shot down in Germany during World War II. It was followed in 2002 by Og hun takkede guderne (The Company Basher), a thriller set in Iraq in which an Indonesian specialist in destroying large corporations is persuaded to bring down an oil company. In 2006, Washington Dekretet (The Washington Decree) begins with the assassination of the Democratic front-runner on the eve of an American presidential election. His first novels in the crime-thriller series about Department Q, Kvinden i buret (The Woman in the Cage, US title -The Keeper of Lost Causes) and Fasandræberne (Disgrace) were published in 2007 and 2008. Both are set in Denmark where they increased his popularity, appearing at the top of bestseller lists. Then followed Flaskepost fra P (Message in a Bottle) in 2009, and Department Q book, Journal 64, was published in 2010. His title Absent One made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2012 and in 2014 his title The Purity of Vengeance made the list again. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Jussi Adler-Olsen
De vrouw in de kooi 1 copy
SOMNUL RATIUNII 1 copy
The Purity of Vengence 1 copy
Photo of Adler Olsen Jussi 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Adler-Olsen, Carl Valdemar Jussi Henry
- Other names
- Adler-Olsen, Carl Valdemar Jussi Henry (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1950-08-02
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Denmark
- Birthplace
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Places of residence
- Allerød, Denmark
- Education
- Deleksamen i Nyere Politisk Historie og exam. art. i Filmvidenskab.
- Occupations
- crime novelist
publishing - Relationships
- Olsen, Henry (father)
- Awards and honors
- Det Treschowske Fonds Legat: til studieophold i Freiburg, 1989
Statens Kunstfond. 2-årige igangsætningsstipendier, 75.066 kr
Harald Mogensen-Prisen, 2010
Læsernes Bogpris, 2010
Glasnøglen, 2010 - Short biography
- De Deense Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950) begon zijn schrijverscarrière in Schiedam en is momenteel een van de succesvolste schrijvers van misdaadthrillers. De boeken uit zijn Serie Q halen vele bestsellerlijsten en worden in maar liefst veertien landen vertaald. De Noordkreet In De Fles werd bovendien onderscheiden met De Glazen Sleutel, de belangrijkste thrillerprijs van Scandinavië. Adler-Olsen woont en werkt in Kopenhagen.
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The Keeper of Lost Causes: A Department Q Novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen
This was quite slow - until it wasn't. Stayed up til midnight finishing it. It's a thriller, after all. Yet as with many thrillers, it was predictable. By the time "the event" happened, I already knew who was behind it. Good enough to keep me reading even though I had work the next morning.
Book eight in the Department Q series brings some storylines to an end. Rose is back and we finally found out about Assad's background and thus, this book is about terrorism. This is a very personal story for Assad and we see a new side to his character. I'm not partial to terrorist plots but in this situation, I didn't mind and found that I can enjoy this type of story; A page-turning book. But on the homefront, Rose and Gordon deal with a young man who calls in threatening mass violence. This plotline was my favourite of the two and Carl had a part in both. Rose isn't my favourite character but it sure is nice to have her back on the team. Only two more books are projected in the series.… (more)
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- Works
- 45
- Also by
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- Members
- 12,945
- Popularity
- #1,805
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 718
- ISBNs
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- Languages
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- Favorited
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- Touchstones
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