An excellent debut novel. This had memorable characters, a tension filled plot, humor, family drama, and an interesting Norwegian setting. Listened to the audio version which was narrated by Sean Mangan who did a very good job juggling the all the various characters.
Sheldon Horowitz is a retired, widowed New York watchmaker in his 80s, with an enlarged prostate and a bad attitude. He is a proud American, to the point of jingoism, served in the Korean War and encouraged––practically coerced––his only child, his son Saul, to volunteer to go to Vietnam, where Saul...
Read my full review: http://bit.ly/10W1kkmMy opinion: I loved this book but don't know if I would call it Nordic Noir. This book definitely had an American feel (the author is a transplanted American) to it vs. the traditional twisted NN feel. The storyline was still unusual in nature and well writt...
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