The Thirst, by Jo Nesbo

June 30, 2018

*The Thirst*, by Jo Nesbo. Translated from the Norwegian by Neil Smith. (Hardcover publisher: Knopf; 1st ed. May 9, 2017, 480 pages. Hardcover edition by Penguin Random House Canada, April 25, 2017. To be published in paperback by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, Jan 30, 2018, 544 pages.

In his latest novel, Tørst (2017), translated very ably and slickly by Neil Smith as The Thirst, Harry makes it out alive by mere seconds of life, covered in blood, only some of it being his own. And blood is what it’s all about. (Continue reading…)

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