The Redbreast

The Redbreast

Infobox Book |
name = The Redbreast
title_orig = Rødstrupe
translator = Don Bartlett


image_caption = British first edition cover
author = Jo Nesbø
cover_artist =
country = Norway
language = Norwegian
series = Harry Hole, #3
genre = Crime novel
publisher = Harvill Secker
pub_date = 2000
english_pub_date = September 2006
media_type = Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
pages = 450 pp (Eng. hardback trans.)
isbn = ISBN 184343217X (Eng. trans.)
preceded_by = The Cockroaches
followed_by = Nemesis

"The Redbreast" ( _no. Rødstrupe, 2000) is a crime novel by Norwegian writer Jo Nesbø, the third in the Harry Hole series.

This one begins during former President Clinton's visit to Norway, where Harry reluctantly ends up playing an important role. Ramifications of the mission Harry is tasked with lead to him investigating neo-Nazi activity in Norway, and delving into a crime that has its roots in the battlefields of Eastern Front WWII.

The novel was voted Best Norwegian Crime Novel ever. Upon translation into English, by Don Bartlett, the novel was shortlsited for the Crime Writers' Association Duncan Lawrie International Dagger.

External links

* [http://www.norway.org.uk/culture/literature/redbreast.htm English review]


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