A mainstay of contemporary scandinavian noir, jo nesbos harry hole thrillers are amongst the bestselling crime novels in the world. A musician, songwriter, and economist, jo nesbo is also one of europes most acclaimed crime writers, and is the winner of the glass key award, northern europes most prestigious crimefiction prize, for his first novel featuring police detective harry hole. Norwegian jo nesbo, whose cv includes stints as a stock trader, cab driver, musician, and soccer player, has seen six novels featuring his driven and single minded oslo homicide detective, harry hole, published in english translation. Its an unusual debut since the very first page finds harry clearing passport control in sydney, half a world away from his native oslo, from which hes improbably been sent to observe the australian investigation into the probable rape and undoubted strangling of inger holter, who once. He is a norwegian policemen with a somewhat colourful past that gets sent to australia to solve a recent crime on a norwegian citizen. Dysfunctional norwegian detective harry hole navigates a world war two ghost story jo nesbos the readbreast. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. The bat is the first book, featuring the harry hole character. World book club programme and download are available on the first sunday of every month. Henning mankell on wallander, jo nesbo on harry hole and pd james on adam dalgleish. The third novel in jo nesbos harry hole series finds the detective playing catchup with the reader, writes john mullan published. Jan 03, 20 jo nesbo is a musician, songwriter, economist and author.
Dec 14, 2012 jo nesbo, 52, is supplanting stieg larsson as the goto scandanivian crime writer with phantom, his ninth novel about tortured oslo homicide detective harry hole, plus an nbc tv series in the. Nesbos literary career began in 1997 with flaggermusmannen the bat in the harry hole series. Famous for his cold crime novels starring harry hole such as the snowman, he is also the author of headhunters which inspired a hit film in 2011 and the kids book doctor proctors fart powder the bestselling debut childrens novel of all time in norway. The author of the thirst would invite charles bukowski, jim thompson and ernest hemingway to his literary dinner party. For all the energy and humor in the books, and what at first can seem like extraneous musical references hank williams, the ramones, nesbo is actually as careful a writer as hole is a detective. Detective harry hole must use his maverick methods once again as he investigates a slew of brutal bank robberies and the suspicious suicide of a female artist in this clever and harrowing installment in the harry hole series from the author of the snowman. Jo nesbo, norwegian writer and musician best known internationally for a series of crime novels featuring hardboiled detective harry hole. The first snowfall in oslo brings a series of gruesome murders, and harry hole is pitted against a brutal killer who will drive him to the edge. Mar 25, 2020 jo nesbo, norwegian writer and musician best known internationally for a series of crime novels featuring hardboiled detective harry hole. In all the jo nesbo stories i find it necessary to write down the names and reason detre of each character as they appear. Jo nesbo is a norwegian police and at the same time a crime writer who was born is oslo, norway in the year 1960. The doktor proktor is another series by jo nesbo created for children. Mar 04, 2017 cbtbs beginners guide to my alltime favorite author, jo nesbo. Harry likes jazz, 80s rock, booze, and solving crimes.
What a pleasant surprise to find jo nesbo back on the beat. Eight crime writers and the detectives theyve created world book club. He is one of the most popular published scandinavian authors, along with names like stieg larsson, kurt wallander, and henning mankell, among others. Enough bad boy to be interesting but still a very bright head, solving his.
I wont give too much away by telling you that this is a story worthy of the harry hole series. More than 3 million copies of his novels had been sold in norway as of march 2014. Jo nesbo author biography with his internationally acclaimed crime novels featuring detective harry hole, jo nesbo has achieved an unparalleled success both in his native country norway and abroad, winning the hearts of critics, booksellers and readers alike. At the bottom of this post, youll find a frequently asked questions section that addresses some of the most common questions i. Besides his crime fiction, he also writes the childrens book series doctor proctor.
The official website for jo nesbo, author of the harry hole detective crime novels including the bat, the snowman and more bestselling thrillers, blood on snow and midnight sun. So for anyone new to nesbo, you are in for a treat if you follow harrys career beginning with this book. May 19, 2014 jo nesbo has already sold around 20 million copies of his harry hole thrillers but the norwegian authors profile is set to reach stratospheric heights with several hollywood movies in the pipeline. The first book of the series, doctor proctors fart powder was released in 2007 followed by doctor proctors fart powder. His harry hole novels include the redbreast, nemesis, the devils star, the snowman, the leopard, phantom and the redeemer, and he is the author of headhunters and several childrens books. Jo nesbo has 104 books on goodreads with 1224 ratings. His first novel to be published in english was the devils star and the second, the redbreast, was shortlisted for the cwa. Discount prices on books by jo nesbo, including titles like doctor proctors fart powder collection. The norwegian thriller writer explains how his fathers experience of fighting for the nazis informed the third and most personal novel in the. Jo nesbo talks to james naughtie and readers about his novel the snowman, featuring his oslobased detective harry.
He has sold over a million and a half copies of his books in norway alone. Apr 04, 2014 jo nesbo discusses his harry hole novel the redbreast with john mullan in the guardian book club at kings place on 29 april. He also wrote a number of standalone novels as well as childrens books. Jo nesbo, musician, economist and author of the bestselling series featuring detective harry hole, has won many prizes for his novels, including the glass key, the riverton prize and the norwegian bookclub prize for best ever. Over the years, the author sold over 40 million copies of his book around the world, with his novels being translated into 50 languages. Jo nesbo is one of the worlds bestselling crime writers, with the leopard, phantom, police, the son and his latest harry hole novel, the thirst, all topping the sunday times bestseller charts. At the bottom of this post, youll find a frequently asked questions section that addresses some of the most common questions i receive about jo nesbo s books. May 11, 2017 the author of the thirst would invite charles bukowski, jim thompson and ernest hemingway to his literary dinner party. Jo nesbo certainly has the magic touch when it comes to psycho serial killers. May 19, 2017 jo nesbo certainly has the magic touch when it comes to psycho serial killers. The multimillionselling author visits the book club to talk about his novel the redbreast, maverick detectives, and manipulating readers podcast published.
Inspector harry holes 1997 debut finally follows its seven successors into english translation. Cbtbs beginners guide to my alltime favorite author, jo nesbo. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. The sun had set in molde, the small city on norways west coast where he grew up, and the apartment in. His first crime novel featuring harry hole was published in norway in 1997 and was an instant hit, winning the glass key award for best nordic crime novel an accolade shared with peter hoeg, henning mankell and stieg larsson. Jo nesbos books have sold more than eighteen million copies worldwide, and have been translated into fortyseven languages.
Her hand was firm and warm, like a smooth, sunwarmed stone. I think the harry hole character is brilliantly crafted. Set in a small town filled with secrets, the kingdom is the gripping new standalone thriller from jo nesbo, coming in september 2020. A complex character, chainsmoking, harddrinking and uncompromising, harry hole is for many readers the ultimate detective. Jo nesbo is a musician, songwriter, economist and author. Phantom is the latest entry in jo nesbos series featuring detective harry hole. This post contains a whole bunch of resources to help you get started with nesbos works, including a recommendation of where to start with the harry hole series, an overview of nesbos standalone crime books, and. This post contains a whole bunch of resources to help you get started with nesbo s works, including a recommendation of where to start with the harry hole series, an overview of nesbo s standalone crime books, and. Partly because i cant cook and for this party, i probably wouldn. Sep 19, 2016 harvill secker is publishing a new harry hole detective novel in may 2017 the thirst continues the story of the last novel to feature maverick cop harry hole, nesbo s 20 novel police, which.
Harry is a good cop, but for the most part not a great colleague. Cbtbs beginners guide to jo nesbo crime by the book. When jo nesbo was interviewed on richard and judy, richard told him that after reading the snowman, he took a baseball bat into their bedroom, just in case, i believed him. He has received the glass key award for best nordic crime novel. Bbc world service world book club, jo nesbo the redbreast. Jo nesbo is a norwegian novelist who is best known for his harry hole book series. The bat explains some of what burdens and drives him in the later books. Welcome to the official jo nesbo fan page run by his english language publishers across the globe. Our book club is back, and this month we are handing out a copy of the thirst, the latest edition in jo nesbos harry hole series, to a lucky winner.
Jo nesbo jo nesbo is a musician, songwriter, economist and author. Jo nesbo, 52, is supplanting stieg larsson as the goto scandanivian crime writer with phantom, his ninth novel about tortured oslo homicide detective harry hole, plus an nbc tv series in. The third book of the series, doctor proctor and the destruction of the world. But the question of religion wont go away, and nesbo examines it from several points of view. Jo nesbo the thirst our book club is back, and this month we are handing out a copy of the thirst, the latest edition in jo nesbos harry hole series, to a lucky winner. One of scandinavias leading crime novelists, jo nesbo, has a new book out about a contract killer who worries about money and his own shortcomings. Hes an international number one bestseller and his books are published in 50 languages, selling over 33 million copies around the world. For me, the biggest insult to nesbo was to see him advertised as the next stieg larsson when in fact the bat was written eight years before the girl with the. Jo nesbo whsmith richard and judy book club 2010 interview duration. Michael lionstar harry hole slips back into town like an old friend, or maybe more like a prodigal uncle. The wonderful mr nesbo yet again writes a superb story about harry holes adventures in norway, the best of all, in my opinion. Jo nesbo has already sold around 20 million copies of his harry hole thrillers but the norwegian authors profile is set to reach stratospheric heights. How to read the jo nesbo books in order books reading order. He is also an accomplished musician as the primary singer and songwriter for the norwegian rock band di derre.
Jo nesbo on the redbreast guardian book club books the. Harvill secker is publishing a new harry hole detective novel in may 2017 the thirst continues the story of the last novel to feature maverick cop harry hole, nesbos 20 novel police, which. Having sold 23 million copies of his books worldwide, jo nesbo is the most successful norwegian author of all time. Book club with jo nesbo the norwegian crime writer will discuss his harry hole novel the redbreast at kings place on 29 april tue 11 mar 2014 06. Harry hole 7 kindle edition by nesbo, jo, bartlett, don. Apr 06, 2015 one of scandinavias leading crime novelists, jo nesbo, has a new book out about a contract killer who worries about money and his own shortcomings. Harry hole series by jo nesbo meet your next favorite book.