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Published: 1 August 2012
ISBN: 9780099565536
Imprint: Vintage
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
RRP: $32.99

Categories:

Thriller & suspense

Broken

Karin Fossum

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A chilling tale about the danger of good intentions from the acclaimed author of the Inspector Sejer series.

A writer wakes one night to find a strange man in her bedroom. He is a character she has invented, but not yet used, and so desperate is he to have his story told that he has resorted to breaking into her house.

She creates him for Alvar Eide, a quiet, middle-aged man whose life is carefully designed to avoid surprise, but when a young heroine addict comes into the gallery where he works, Alvar's life is changed forever and his inventor realises that she cannot control the character she has created. The result is a superb novel that plays with the boundaries of fact and fiction.

Published: 1 August 2012
ISBN: 9780099565536
Imprint: Vintage
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
RRP: $32.99

Categories:

Thriller & suspense

About the author

Karin Fossum

Karin Fossum’s critically acclaimed novels have won numerous prizes. She is two-time winner of the prestigious Riverton Award and has also won the Glass Key Award for the best Nordic crime novel, an honour shared with Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo, as well as the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her highly acclaimed Inspector Sejer series has been published in more than forty countries.