Name: Oblivion
Price: 754.00 TWD
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Author: Arnaldur Indridason
ISBN: 9781784701031

Type

Physical Book

Author

Arnaldur Indridason

Publisher

Vintage

Year

2016

Language

English

Pages

352

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781784701031

Oblivion

Arnaldur Indridason (Author) · Vintage · Paperback

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Synopsis "Oblivion "

One of the most popular figures in international crime fiction returns: Detective Erlendur is back. THE QUICKA woman swims in a remote, milky-blue lagoon. Steam rises from the water and as it clears, a body is revealed in the ghostly light.THE DEADMiles away, a vast aircraft hangar rises behind the perimeter fence of the US military base. A sickening thud is heard as a man's body falls from a high platform.THE FORGOTTENMany years before, a schoolgirl went missing. The world has forgotten her. But Erlendur has not.THE SEARCHERErlendur Sveinsson is a newly promoted detective with a battered body, a rogue CIA operative and America's troublesome presence in Iceland to contend with. In his spare time he investigates a cold case. He is only starting out but he is already up to his neck.

Arnaldur Indridason

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He is the author, among other crime novels, of Jar City, which received the Glass Key Award for the best Nordic crime novel in 2002, and Voices, winner of the Martin Beck Award for the best crime novel translated into Swedish. With The Draining Lake he won the Gold Dagger, establishing him as a benchmark for the best European crime narrative. He has also won the French Critics' Prize for Best Crime Novel and the RBA Prize for Crime Fiction. A successful writer, his works have sold over 18 million copies and have been translated into more than 40 languages.

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