Norwegian by Night

Paperback Published on: 29/06/2023
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Bookseller Reviews

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Norwegian by Night
Pensioners are the new action heroes!
Sheldon Horowitz, aged 82 moves from everything he knows in New York to Oslo, with his granddaughter and her partner. He is most put out by the constant ar... READ MORE
Emma Smith at Bedford
Norwegian by Night
Pensioners are the new action heroes!
Sheldon Horowitz, aged 82 moves from everything he knows in New York to Oslo, with his granddaughter and her partner. He is most put out by the constant ar... READ MORE
Emma Smith at Bedford
Norwegian by Night
A Must Read!
Norwegian by Night is one of those books that takes you by surprise! A gem of a read. Sheldon Horowitz is the antithesis of a crime hero yet his strength ... READ MORE
Lynn at Lancaster
Norwegian by Night
Norwegian by Night
The tagline for this says it is the best book you are likely to read about dementia and the holocaust, and I have to say that I agree. This is a complex an... READ MORE
Becky Bookseller

Synopsis

'Has the brains of a literary novel and the body of a thriller' The New York Times
'Miller joins the ranks of Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, and Jo Nesbo, the holy trinity of Scandinavian crime novelists.' Booklist
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A former Marine sniper and a newly orphaned boy race across the Norwegian wilderness, fleeing demons both real and imagined.

Sheldon Horowitz-widowed, impatient, impertinent-has grudgingly agreed to leave New York and move in with his granddaughter, Rhea, and her new husband, Lars, in Norway-a country of blue and ice, not the place for a former Marine sniper in the Korean War turned watch repairman. Not until now, anyway.

Home alone one morning, Sheldon witnesses a dispute between the woman who lives upstairs and an aggressive stranger. When events turn dire, Sheldon seizes and shields the neighbor's young son from the violence, and they flee the scene. As Sheldon and the boy look for a safe haven in an alien world, past and present weave together, forcing them ever forward to a wrenching moment of truth.
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Acclaim for Norwegian by Night

Best New Crime Writer of the Year, Crime Writers Association
Best of 2013, The Guardian
Best of 2013, Financial Times
Best of 2013, The Economist
Best of Crime 2013, Kirkus

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781804991541
  • Number of pages: 304
  • Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 22 mm
  • Weight: 200g
  • Languages: English

Customer Reviews

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Norwegian by Night
MASH meets a literary thriller
This would definitely go on my "a good read" list, but, with is rich layers of narrative, character and meditation on life and loss, it is hard to sum it u... READ MORE
Kate Barr
Norwegian by Night
Simply exceptional...
I must admit to having a slight crisis of confidence in writing this review, questioning whether I could do justice to just how marvellous this book is. Fr... READ MORE
Raven88
Norwegian by Night
Mmm...
This is an odd book and I had difficulty getting into it and consequently did not enjoy it all that much but I can see that some would love it. Why I did n... READ MORE
Allsop
Norwegian by Night
A Gripping Read
If you are looking for a thriller with hidden depths this is one to read. Darkness and humour interplay with mixed themes. Though set in Norway the majori... READ MORE
Trena Bryce
Norwegian by Night
Norwegian by Night
Although this book had a slow start, it turned out to be very entertaining. The main character is Mr Horowitz, an 82 years old ex-marine. The storyline fol... READ MORE
Ilona
Norwegian by Night
Gritty and enetertaining
Similar premise to The !00 Year old man who climbed out the window this is much grittier A real page turner, the personalities of the main characters are w... READ MORE
Jane-Louise Burrows
Norwegian by Night
American author writes Nordic Noir
There can't be too many books with an eighty-two year old hero. Sheldon Horowitz rescues a boy from a Balkan gang and is then chased across Norway by his p... READ MORE
PaperbackSecrets
Norwegian by Night
An easy-to-read yet profoudly moving story that spans the generations
I actually listened to this as an e-audiobook but goodness it was brilliant! So brilliant, in fact, that I'm now working my way through Derek B. Miller's o... READ MORE
Oundle Crime
Norwegian by Night
A beguiling book, which I still think about, months after reading it
This was described in the blurb as the story of an elderly man going on the run in Norway with a small boy whom he has rescued from violence. The novel won... READ MORE
Oundle Crime