The Quiet Girl

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Ten years after his internationally acclaimed novel "Miss Smilla's Feeling For Snow", which sold more than 1.4 million copies and was made into a film starring Gabriel Byrne, Hoeg returns with a new fast-paced philosophical thriller. '"The Quiet Girl" has Hoeg's bestselling hallmarks- including an off-kilter hero in the shape of Kasper Krone, a world-famous clown with a penchant for poker and mysticism' "Daily Mail " Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Hoeg, Peter Høeg
• Assisted by: Nadia Christensen (Translation), Christensen Nadia (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.09.2008
• EAN: 9780099507352
• ISBN: 978-0-09-950735-2
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Denmark, FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological, Fiction in translation, Psychological thriller, c 2000 to c 2009, FICTION / World Literature / Denmark, thriller; copenhagen; denmark