Category Archives: Jo Nesbø

What I read in April

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

Well, I probably read more than these two, but they are the ones I remember and want to recommend. Both books were birthday presents from my clever children. Jørn Lier Horst, Dregs (2011). The sixth in the Norwegian series about … Continue reading →

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>Scandinavian Crime in Poland

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

> [photo: my daughter´s table snowman] Er der nogen derude, som er bedre til polsk end jeg er? (jeg kan absolut ingenting, men jeg kan gennemskue visse låneord, vi deler med dem). Nå, men i hvert fald er jeg stolt … Continue reading →

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>Jo Nesbø, Snemanden (2007)

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>Denne krimi er norske Nesbøs syvende værk om vicekommissær Harry Hole. Bogen begynder med en prolog, som udspiller sig i 1980, ”den dag, sneen kom.” En mor efterlader sin teenagesøn i bilen udenfor, mens hun springer ind for at sige … Continue reading →

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>N for Nesbø and Nesser

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>A short post for a long working day. Two excellent, Scandinavian Ns for this week´s Alphabet meme: Norwegian Jo Nesbø with the very human and thirsty protagonist, Harry Hole. And from Sweden, Håkan Nesser, known to English readers for his … Continue reading →

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>Jo Nesbø, Headhunterne (2008)

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>– mens vi venter på Harry Hole. Hovedpersonen i Nesbøs enkeltstående krimi er Roger Brown, Norges bedste headhunter, og også en ganske dygtig kunsttyv. Hans velafprøvede koncept går ud på, at når han interviewer kandidater til sine topposter, fletter han … Continue reading →

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>Jo Nesbo, The Redeemer (2009)

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>In 1991 a 14-year-old girl participates in a Salvation Army summer camp outside Oslo. She experiences her first falling in love, but also a nightly rape, and the reader does not know whom of the male participants is behind this … Continue reading →

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>Jo Nesbø, Sorgenfri (Modtryk 2002)

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>– oversat fra norsk (Sorgenfri 2002) –Det hele begynder med et bankrøveri – en forbrydelse, jeg normalt synes er ret uinteressant – men allerede på side femten sad jeg pludselig og holdt vejret, mens jeg slugte beskrivelsen af den kvindelige … Continue reading →

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>Jo Nesbø, Flagermusmanden (Modtryk 1997/2008)

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Dorte Hummelshøj Jakobsen

>Eftersom jeg allerede har kontakt med flere læsere, er det vist på tide at vise mine reelle hensigter med en boganmeldelse! (Lidt snyd, den er hugget fra min gamle blog, men det er jo svært at få tid til at … Continue reading →

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