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Loading... At Night All Wolves are Grey (1983)by Gunnar Staalesen
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The star of this and his other books is Bergen-based private detective Varg Veum, and here he investigates two old and related unsolved cases. Bergen features prominently and is richly described. Staalesen is a quality writer, and his writing is often said to be in the tradition of Raymond Chandler. This is the third Staalesen I have read and I can recommend them all. ( ) "...I read this book as a student in Bergen in the 80s. Gunnar Staalesen is a crime writer of the Chandler school. And he was the sort of Norwegian Chandler who wrote from Bergen and based many of his novels there. And it was a guide book to the Bergen mentality and the city of Bergen...." (reviewed by Jo Nesbø in FiveBooks). The full interview is available here: http://fivebooks.com/interviews/jo-nesb%C3%B8-on-norwegian-crime-writing no reviews | add a review
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Kriminalroman om en pensioneret norsk politimand, tidligere modstandsmand, der aner en sammenhæng i nogle gamle, henlagte sager. Han når ikke til bunds, men må give tråden videre til en yngre kollega. No library descriptions found.
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)839.82Literature German and related languages Other Germanic literatures Danish and Norwegian literatures Norwegian literatureLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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