"An elegant and complex thriller.Harrowingly beautiful." New York Times Book Review
"The Redbreast certainly ranks with the best of current American crime fiction." Washington Post
Jo Nesbø, the New York Times bestselling author of The Snowman, has solidified his spot as one of the most exciting Scandinavian crime writers. The Redbreast is the third installment in Nesbø's tough-as-nails series featuring Oslo police detective Harry Hole.
No disrespect meant to Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson, but Jo Nesbø, the New York Times bestselling author of The Snowman, is the most exciting Scandinavian thriller writer in the crime fiction business. The Redbreast is a fabulous introduction to Nesbø's tough-as-nails series protagonist, Oslo police detective Harry Hole. A brilliant and epic novel, breathtaking in its scope and designwinner of The Glass Key for best Nordic crime novel and selected as the best Norwegian crime novel ever written by members of Norway's book clubsThe Redbreast is a chilling tale of murder and betrayal that ranges from the battlefields of World War Two to the streets of modern-day Oslo. Follow Hole as he races to stop a killer and disarm a ticking time-bomb from his nation's shadowy past. Vogue magazine says that "nobody can delve into the dark, twisted mind of a murderer better than a Scandinavian thriller writer"and nobody does it better than Jo Nesbø! James Patterson fans should also take note.
Jo Nesbø è nato nel 1960 ad Oslo ed è cresciuto a Molde in Norvegia. Tracciare la sua biografia non è semplice, faremmo prima a elencare cosa non abbia fatto nella sua carriera rispetto alle sue tante professioni e occupazioni.
Si laurea in Economia presso la Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration e prima di diventare scrittore è stato uno sportivo. Ha giocato a calcio – come il fratello – con il Molde, squadra con cui vanta importanti successi come la vincita del Norgesmesterskapet G19 1978, la