Norwegian by Night
Norwegian by Night
Derek B. Miller
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Summary
He will not admit it to Rhea and Lars - never, of course not - but Sheldon can't help but wonder what it is he's doing here...Eighty-two years old, and recently widowed, Sheldon Horowitz has grudgingly moved to Oslo, with his grand-daughter and her Norwegian husband. An ex-Marine, he talks often to the ghosts of his past - the friends he lost in the Pacific and the son who followed him into the US Army, and to his death in Vietnam.When Sheldon witnesses the murder of a woman in his apartment complex, he rescues her six-year-old son and decides to run. Pursued by both the Balkan gang responsible for the murder, and the Norwegian police, he has to rely on training from over half a century before to try and keep the boy safe. Against a strange and foreign landscape, this unlikely couple, who can't speak the same language, start to form a bond that may just save them both.An extraordinary debut, featuring a memorable hero, Norwegian by Night is the last adventure of a man still trying to come to terms with the tragedies of his life. Compelling and sophisticated, it is both a chase through the woods thriller and an emotionally haunting novel about ageing and regret.
Product Description
Title - Norwegian by Night
Edition -
Author - Derek B. Miller
ISBN 13 - 9780571294275
Imprint - Faber & Faber
Publisher - Faber & Faber
Date Published - 05/09/2013
Prize -
No. of pages -
Binding Type - Paperback
Dimensions - 130 x 200 x 25mm
Weight - 281 g
Languages - English