The Quiet Girl
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Description
Set in Denmark in the here and now, The Quiet Girl centres around Kaspar Krone, a world-renowned circus clown with a deep love for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and an even deeper gambling debt. Wanted for tax evasion and on the verge of extradition, Krone is drafted into the service of a mysterious order of nuns who promise him reprieve from the international authorities in return for his help safeguarding a group of children with mystical abilities.When one of the children goes missing a year later, Krone sets off to find the young girl and bring her back, making a shocking series of discoveries along the way about her identity and the true intentions of his young wards.
Additional information
Weight | 0.287 kg |
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Dimensions | 2.5 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm |
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Format | Paperback |
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Pages | 416 |
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Year Published | 2008-9-4 |
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Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
ISBN 10 | 0099507358 |
About The Author | Peter Høeg was born in 1957 and followed various callings – dancer, actor, fencer, sailor, mountaineer – before he turned seriously to writing. He published his first novel, The History of Danish Dreams, in 1988, and was called 'the foremost writer of his generation' by Information magazine. His crime novel Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow received universal acclaim and was an international bestseller. |
Superb new novel…At once intricate and explosive, The Quiet Girl is elegantly written and furiously plotted, resonant (though not acoustically) of Philip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy and also David Mamet's elaborately staged deceptions |
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Other text | In Høeg's hallucinatory prose, Copenhagen has a sinister near-future feel… there are also passages of lyrical beauty |
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