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A tale moving from the final months of World War II to the present, and from the Russian front to contemporary South Africa, follows the dual adventures of a freedom-seeking war martyr and an alcoholic police officer who is drawn into a mystery with past origins.
One of the more enjoyable things about reading any mystery is to determine whodunit. You want to be puzzled, confused, and kept in suspense. But in my opinion, author Joe Nesbo overdid this in "The Redbreast", the third installment of his Harry Hole series. I still love Harry Hole, and as usual, I reveled in the broody atmosphere of the novel.But I found myself baffled as to what was really happening far too often. The plot was so complex, the way things were finally resolved and explained was Harry reading the journal of the man whodunit. Not a very satisfying resolution for my taste. ( )
Every scandi crime series has a WWII throwback story, usually in the 3-5 range. I tell myself not to read them, because I'm just done with those stories, but I wanted to read this series in order, so here we are. It's not a bad book, but it won't be my favorite for sure.
Rauðbrystingur er þriðja sagan um Harry Hole, norska heltekna morðlöggu og vel virkan alkóhólista. Einhverra hluta vegna er þessi saga önnur sagan sem þýdd er yfir á íslensku og ég veit ei hvers vegna bók númer tvö var ekki þýdd en kannski vita aðrir mér fróðari ástæðuna. Í þessari sögu klúðrar Hole feitt þegar Bandaríkjaforseti mætir í Noregsheimsókn og er fluttur til í starfi og settur á bak við skrifborð. Þar rekst hann hins vegar á vísbendingar um að í undirbúningi séu eitt eða fleiri morð og allt bendir til verðandi morðingi sé hermaður frá síðari heimsstyrjöldinni. Ágætis spenna og plott. ( )
An elegant and complex thriller by the Norwegian musician, economist and crime writer Jo Nesbo...The engineering of the interlocking plot pieces is intricate because it has to support Nesbo’s complicated ideas — and dire thoughts — about Norwegian nationalism, past and present. While giving his ambitious book the form of a police procedural, featuring Harry Hole, an attractive if familiarly flawed loose cannon of a cop, the author expands his street-level subplots into a narrative that reaches all the way back to World War II, when Norway was under German occupation.
Maar stilaan vatte hij moed, vloog dichterbij en trok met zijn snavel een doorn, die in het hoofd van de gekruisigde was gedrongen, uit.
Maar terwijl hij dit deed, viel er een druppel bloed van de gekruisigde op de keel van de vogel. Die verspreidde zich snel en kleurde al zijn zachte borstveertjes.
Maar de gekruisigde deed zijn lippen van elkaar en fluisterde tegen de vogel: "Door jouw barmhartigheid heb je nu verworven wat je voorgeslacht al sinds de schepping van de aarde begeerd heeft.
- Selma Lagerlöf - Christuslegende
But little by little he gained courage, flew close to him, and drew with his little bill a thorn that had become embedded in the brow of the Crucified One. And as he did this there fell on his breast a drop of blood from the face of the Crucified One - it spread quickly and floated out and colored all the little fine breast feathers. Then the Crucified One opened his lips and whispered to the bird: 'Because of thy compassion, thou hast won all that thy kind have been striving after, ever since the world was created.'
Selma Lagerlöf, Robin Redbreast, Christ Legends
Dedication
First words
A grey bird glided in and out of Harry's field of vision
En grå fågel gled in i Harrys synfält och sedan ut igen.
Quotations
Maar stilaan vatte hij moed, vloog dichterbij en trok met zijn snavel een doorn, die in het hoofd van de gekruisigde was gedrongen, uit.
Maar terwijl hij dit deed, viel er een druppel bloed van de gekruisigde op de keel van de vogel. Die verspreidde zich snel en kleurde al zijn zachte borstveertjes.
Maar de gekruisigde deed zijn lippen van elkaar en fluisterde tegen de vogel: "Door jouw barmhartigheid heb je nu verworven wat je voorgeslacht al sinds de schepping van de aarde begeerd heeft.
- Selma Lagerlöf - Christuslegende
Only the dead escape unscathed.
Last words
Harry sighed, stuffed the newspaper under his arm and walked out into the simmering afternoon heat.
A tale moving from the final months of World War II to the present, and from the Russian front to contemporary South Africa, follows the dual adventures of a freedom-seeking war martyr and an alcoholic police officer who is drawn into a mystery with past origins.
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It is 1944: Daniel, a soldier, legendary among the Norwegians fighting the advance of Bolshevism on the Russian front, is killed. Two years later, a wounded soldier wakes up in a Vienna hospital. He becomes involved with a young nurse, the consequences of which will ripple forward to the turn of the next century.
In 1999, Harry Hole, alone again after having caused an embarrassment in the line of duty, has been promoted to inspector and is lumbered with surveillance duties. He is assigned the task of monitoring neo-Nazi activities; fairly mundane until a report of a rare and unusual gun being fired sparks his interest. Ellen Gjelten, his partner, makes a startling discovery. Then a former soldier is found with his throat cut. In a quest that takes him to South Africa and Vienna, Harry finds himself perpetually one step behind the killer. He will be both winner and loser by the novel’s nail-biting conclusion.
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