Christoffer Carlsson

Blaze Me a Sun (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel About a Crime
Übersetzer: Willson-Broyles, Rachel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

One of the New York Times's Best Crime Novels of the Year • A Good Morning America Buzz Pick #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A serial killer in a small Swedish town commits his first murder the same night the prime minister is assassinated-a "thrilling and profoundly poignant" (Angie Kim) novel by one of the country's top criminologists, hailed as "the finest crime writer we have in Sweden" (David Lagercrantz, author of The Girl in the Spider's Web and other novels in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series) "Christoffer Carlsson is to the police procedural what Cormac McCarthy is to the Western."-Anthony Marra, author of Mercury Pictures Presents and A Constellation of Vital Phenomena A CRIMEREADS AND KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR In February 1986, the Halland police receive a call from a man who claims to have attacked his first victim. I'm going to do it again, he says before the line cuts off. By the time police officer Sven Jörgensson reaches the crime scene, the woman is taking her last breath. For Sven, this will prove a decisive moment. On the same night, Sweden plunges into a state of shock after the murder of the prime minister. Could there possibly be a connection? As Sven becomes obsessed with the case, two more fall victim. For years, Sven remains haunted by the murders he cannot solve, fearing the killer will strike again. Having failed to catch him, Sven retires from the police, passing his obsession to his son, who has joined the force to be closer to his father. Decades later, the case unexpectedly resurfaces when a novelist returns home to Halland amid a failed marriage and a sputtering career. The writer befriends the retired police officer, who helps the novelist-our narrator-unspool the many strands of this engrossing tale about a community confronting its shames and legacies. A #1 bestseller in Sweden, Blaze Me a Sun marks the American debut of the youngest winner of the Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year award, the top prize for Swedish crime writers whose past winners include Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780593449363
• Artikelnr.: 63718837

Autorenporträt

Christoffer Carlsson was born in 1986 on the west coast of Sweden. He holds a PhD in criminology from the University of Stockholm and is one of Sweden's leading crime experts. Carlsson is the youngest winner of the Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, voted by the Swedish Crime Writers' Academy, and has been a finalist for the prestigious Glass Key award, given to the best Scandinavian crime novel of the year. Blaze Me a Sun is Christoffer Carlsson's American debut.

Rezensionen

The first great crime novel of 2023 is Blaze Me a Sun by the decorated Swedish crime writer Chrisoffer Carlsson, who twines together national and personal trauma to devastating effect... What I most loved is how Carlsson plumbs what can and cannot be known about human lives and criminal investigations . . . how familial love can blind people to difficult truths, and how 'closure' often never happens. New York Times Book Review (Editors Choice)

While this riveting work shares many aspects of the traditional police procedural, it also overflows genre boundaries to present the effects of fatal violence on the minds and lives of various characters across several generations...a gripping psychological study of the perils of forcing facts into preconceived patterns, and a reminder of how devastating learning the truth can be. Wall Street Journal

Blaze Me a Sun cements Christoffer Carlsson as one of Sweden s new crime fiction stars [and] is further proof that he is a worthy heir to titans such as Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson and Håkan Nesser. Bookpage

A brainy page-turner from a rising star in Scandinavian crime fiction. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

[An] audacious mix of procedural and psychological thriller. Booklist

Carlsson is to the police procedural what Cormac McCarthy is to the Western If you read crime fiction, you ll find yourself gripped by the ingenious plotting If you read literary fiction, you ll find yourself moved by the gorgeous writing Blaze Me a Sun is the perfect novel. Anthony Marra

Blaze Me a Sun thrums with a relentless tension that culminates in one of the most satisfying and devastating endings I ve read in a long time. Angie Kim

A Russian doll of a mystery you think you know where this book is going. You don t. Carlsson s American debut is a wonder. Joseph Finder

Blaze Me a Sun is at once a crime novel and a gripping study in how we struggle to understand our own lives. Flynn Berry

A gripping, powerful story about an obsessive quest for truth. Chris Pavone

Carlsson is the finest crime writer we have in Sweden. His writing is a perfect combination of crystal clear prose and exact knowledge. David Lagercrantz

A sinister joyride. Adam White

The most gripping novel I've read this year. Grant Ginder

That rare crime novel that had me turning the pages in suspense, while also nearly moving me to tears. Christopher Bollen