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The Writing on the Wall

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Writing on the Wall

Contributors:

By (Author) Gunnar Staalesen
Translated by Hal Sutcliffe

ISBN:

9781906413194

Publisher:

Quercus Publishing

Imprint:

Arcadia Books

Publication Date:

4th June 2009

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Dewey:

839.82374

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

313

Dimensions:

Width 130mm, Height 199mm, Spine 21mm

Weight:

280g

Description

Crime drama in which detective Varg Veum's adventures take him into the world of privileged teenage girls who have been drawn into drugs and prostitution. The situation worsens when the local judge is found dead in a luxury hotel, clad only in women's lingerie. Called in by anxious parents to look for a missing daughter and explain the judge's death, Varg is led deep into Bergen's criminal underworld.

Reviews

"'An intriguing reworking of an old idea' Time Out"

Author Bio

GUNNAR STAALESEN was born in Bergen, Norway in 1947. He made his debut at the age of twenty-two with Seasons of Innocence and in 1977 he published the first book in the Varg Veum series. He is the author of over 20 titles, which have been published in 24 countries and sold over two million copies. Twelve film adaptations of his Varg Veum crime novels have appeared since 2007, starring the popular Norwegian actor Trond Epsen Seim. Staalesen, who has twice won Norway's top crime prize, the Golden Pistol, lives in Bergen with his wife.

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