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He will not admit it to Rhea and Lars - never, of course not - but Sheldon can't help but wonder what it is he's doing here... Eighty-two years old, and recently widowed, Sheldon Horowitz has grudgingly moved to Oslo, with his grand-daughter and her Norwegian husband. An ex-Marine, he talks often to the ghosts of his past - the friends he lost in the Pacific and the son who followed him into the US Army, and to his death in Vietnam. When Sheldon witnesses the murder of a woman in his apartment complex, he rescues her six-year-old son and decides to run. Pursued by both the Balkan gang responsible for the murder, and the Norwegian police, he has to rely on training from over half a century before to try and keep the boy safe. Against a strange and foreign landscape, this unlikely couple, who can't speak the same language, start to form a bond that may just save them both. An extraordinary debut, featuring a memorable hero, Norwegian by Night is the last adventure of a man still trying to come to terms with the tragedies of his life. Compelling and sophisticated, it is both a chase through the woods thriller and an emotionally haunting novel about ageing and regret.
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Norwegian by Night, Derek B. Miller
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2013
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- Titolo
- Norwegian by Night
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Derek B. Miller
- Editore
- Faber & Faber
- Pubblicato
- 2013
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 304
- ISBN10
- 0571294278
- ISBN13
- 9780571294275
- Serie
- Sigrid Ødegård
- Tag
- Narrativa, Tema stórico, Gialli & Thriller, Thriller, Famiglia, Politica, Tensione, Prosa di guerra, Guerre, Letteratura Americana, Giallo classico, Thriller psicologici, Memorie, Passato, Perdita, Fuga, Romanzi psicologici, Noir nordici, Colpa, Norvegia, Vecchiaia, Perdono, Demenza (malattia), Oslo, Vedovi
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2013
- Titolo originale
- Norwegian by Night
- Valutazione
- 3,95 su 5
- Descrizione
- He will not admit it to Rhea and Lars - never, of course not - but Sheldon can't help but wonder what it is he's doing here... Eighty-two years old, and recently widowed, Sheldon Horowitz has grudgingly moved to Oslo, with his grand-daughter and her Norwegian husband. An ex-Marine, he talks often to the ghosts of his past - the friends he lost in the Pacific and the son who followed him into the US Army, and to his death in Vietnam. When Sheldon witnesses the murder of a woman in his apartment complex, he rescues her six-year-old son and decides to run. Pursued by both the Balkan gang responsible for the murder, and the Norwegian police, he has to rely on training from over half a century before to try and keep the boy safe. Against a strange and foreign landscape, this unlikely couple, who can't speak the same language, start to form a bond that may just save them both. An extraordinary debut, featuring a memorable hero, Norwegian by Night is the last adventure of a man still trying to come to terms with the tragedies of his life. Compelling and sophisticated, it is both a chase through the woods thriller and an emotionally haunting novel about ageing and regret.