Interview: crime writer Jo Nesbø

The Norwegian bestselling crime author, on his way here for Writers & Readers week, is not the next Stieg Larsson.

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11th February, 2012

Interview

Harry Hole is falling apart, slowly, but surely, psychologically, even physically. In the world of Jo Nesbø, the Crown Prince of Norwegian crime-writing, heroes don’t last forever; they deteriorate, adversely affected by all they’ve seen and done. And Harry Hole, the loner detective who’s preoccupied by evil and gets swallowed up by his cases, has seen and done a lot over the course of eight novels. He’s foiled crimes, and committed them; saved lives, and seen colleagues die; witnessed brutal violence, and seen those he loves drawn into the horrors of his job, his calling. “Harry ...

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