My Brother: the bestselling literary noir, by the author continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, optioned by The Bridge producers
- ISBN-10
- 1782275703
- ISBN-13
- 9781782275701
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 283
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-03-04
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Author
- Karin Smirnoff
Description
STEEPED IN DARKNESS, COMPLICITY AND FORGIVENESS, THIS BESTSELLING SCANDI NOIR IS FOR FANS OF LITERARY FICTION SUCH AS MY ABSOLUTE DARLING, A LITTLE LIFE AND THE DISCOMFORT OF EVENING A MAJOR BESTSELLER OPTIONED FOR TV BY THE PRODUCERS OF THE BRIDGE SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS AUGUST PRIZE TRANSLATED INTO ELEVEN LANGUAGES ‘Well worth the read’ GUARDIAN ‘Bleak and beautiful rural noir’ CRIMEREADS ‘Perfect for fans of Scandi-noir dramas’ CULTUREFLY ____________ Jana Kippo has returned to Smalånger to see her twin brother, Bror, still living in the small family farmhouse in the remote north of Sweden. Within the isolated community, secrets and lies have grown silently, undisturbed for years. Following the discovery of a young woman's body in the long grass behind the sawmill, the siblings, hooked by a childhood steeped in darkness, need to break free. But the truth cannot be found in other people's stories. The question is – can it be found anywhere? A literary noir of phenomenal power about the magnetic attraction of the wrong person, the brutality visited upon one human to another – and a rural community that stood by and did nothing ____________ FURTHER PRAISE FOR MY BROTHER ‘Possesses the same melodramatic power as Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels’ ETC ‘A media sensation. . . remarkable’ GP ‘Brutal, colourful, carnal. . . Impossible to put down’ Expressen ‘A rare story-telling talent’ Aftonbladet ____________ READERS LOVE MY BROTHER ‘A powerful story, brilliantly translated’ ‘Rural and epic in landscape, deep and heart-breaking in loss, and truth’ ‘If you enjoyed The Discomfort of Evenings by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, I think you will enjoy this too!’
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