![]() He also confesses to crimes he hasn’t committed and in return the prison chaplain and deputy governor – both corrupt – facilitate his heroin-induced Nirvana. He listens to the confessions of the other prisoners like some sort of latter day apostle. Sonny is an enigma – despite the needle he’s physically strong, youthful and filled with inner calm. Everybody believed Ab to have been the mole who was tipping off Oslo’s criminal fraternity. His father, Ab, was a police detective who committed suicide. The Son of the title is Sonny Lofthus, a heroin addict who ended up in prison not long after both his parents died. It has been optioned for cinema by Warner Brothers. The Son, meanwhile, is a standalone crime epic set in Oslo with a similar feel to the Harry Hole series and plenty of literary ambition behind it. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are also two Blood on Snow books on the way. He’s working on his own rendition of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and we understand the Harry Hole book The Snowman is being turned into a film. Best known for his Harry Hole series, Jo Nesbo is Scandinavia’s pre-eminent crime author at the moment and the last couple of years have seen him branching out in all sorts of ways. ![]()
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