Blood on Snow. The story of an unusually complicated contract killer—the perfectly sympathetic antihero—that is, as well, an edgy, almost lyrical meditation on death and love. Buy NowRead an excerpt. Synopsis. A fast, tight, darkly lyrical stand-alone novel that has at its center the perfectly sympathetic antihero: an Oslo contract killer who draws us into an unexpected meditation on death Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins. “Blood on Snow: a Novel” by Jo Nesbo is a first-person tale told by Olav Johansen, a young hit-man (he kills people for a living) who is employed by one of the two big-time competing heroin mafia type king-pins in Oslo, Norway. For his employer, he “fixes” those who don’t pay their debts/5(K). · Praise for Jo Nesbø and Blood on Snow “[A] tangled tale with a fateful twist.” —The Boston Globe “Nesbø’s much-heralded gifts are on display—using his talent for conjuring the chilly Munch-like atmospherics of Oslo in the winter and his eye for grisly, alarming details that slam home the horror of the evil that men do.”Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Meet Olav Johansen, the antihero of Jo Nesbo's latest thriller, "Blood on Snow." Olav is a departure from Nesbo's familiar Harry Hole, the dogged Norwegian police inspector who has. One of them, provisionally entitled Blood on Snow has reportedly been bought by Warner Brothers in the U.S. in order to make create a screenplay based on the novel. It is further rumored that big name actors like Leonardo DiCaprio are involved in the project. More about Jo Nesbo. Jo Nesbo is truly a man of many talents. Blood on Snow: A Novel by Jo Nesbo and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at bltadwin.ru
Blood on Snow. by Jo Nesbø Review. Taking another break from the ongoing adventures of detective Harry Hole (last seen in the surprisingly happy ending of ’s Police), Norwegian crime. This is the 1st book in the 'Blood on Snow' series by Jo Nesbo. The lead character Olav Johansen is a seasoned criminal with a sordid past and whose one success in life is as a 'fixer'. He is employed by the drug baron Daniel Hoffmann to kill his wife Corina Hoffman who he suspects of adultery. Midnight Sun is the second book in Jo Nesbo's Blood on Snow series. What ties these two together is The Fisherman, crime kingpin of Oslo. Jon worked for The Fisherman selling drugs and other 'special' jobs as needed. Except Jon couldn't do it - he couldn't kill. So now he's run to a remote village at the top of Norway where the sun never sets.
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