![]() ![]() ![]() I was hoping for a free return ticket to Iceland from the comfort of my armchair, but in fact didn't get much of a sense of the city or the country. JAR CITY is described as a Reykjavik thriller, but in fact it could have happened virtually anywhere. On the surface the two have a lot in common, with their books featuring a morose policeman with a broken marriage, a dysfunctional daughter, health worries and fairly anonymous colleagues. But I think it's a fairly safe bet to say that if you like Swedish writer Henning Mankell you'll like Indridason. I usually take those comparisons plastered all over book jackets with a lorryload of salt. JAR CITY, Indridason's first book, has been available in the UK for a while, but is finally available on the other side of the pond. ![]() Icelandic author Arnaldur Indridason won the British Crimewriters Association Golden Dagger award for SILENCE OF THE GRAVE a month or so back - and then saw the goalposts moved to stop a translated book repeating his success.Īnd considering there is some outstanding European crime fiction finally being translated into English, courtesy of some first-rate translators, that's very sad. ![]()
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