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Einar #8

by Árni Þórarinsson

Lífshættuleg árás fyrir utan skemmtistað í Reykjavík og óhugnanlegur hrekkur í brúðkaupi hrinda af stað atburðarás þar sem ekki er allt sem sýnist. Hver sendir Einari klúru sms-in? Enn ein perlan í glæpasagnafléttu Árna Þórarinssonar um blaðamanninn Einar.

Genres: Fiction, Crime

300 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Árni studied comparitive literature at the University of East Anglia. He has worked as a journalist since 1971, and sat on several panels of judges at international film festivals.
Árni's first novel, Nóttin hefur þúsund augu (The Night Has a Thousand Eyes) was published in 1989, the first of a series about the investigative journalist Einar. He was one of the authors of Leyndardómar Reykjavíkur 2000 (The Reykjavík 2000 Mystery), along with other members of "Hið íslenska glæpafélag" (The Society of Icelandic Crime Writers). He has also written with Páll Kristinn Pálsson: crime novels, and scripts for television, including Dagurinn í gær (Yesterday), which aired in 1999, and 20/20, which Óskar Jónasson directed for RÚV in 2002. The latter was nominated for four Edda awards (The Icelandic Film Awards), including best script. Árni has also published an interview book with filmmaker Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, and his translation of a book for teenagers by the Dutch writer Evert Hartman received the Reykjavík Scholastic Prize in 1984.

Reviews

[Huguelet Michou]

Après un début pénible, qui part dans tous les sens et où on ne comprend pas grand-chose, le rythme s'accélère et l'histoire prend forme. Pas très convaincant cependant.

[Knit Spirit]

Einar est journaliste au Journal du Soir et lorsque deux de ses connaissances sont retrouvées mortes dans des conditions étranges (suicide or not suicide, that is the question), il ne peut s'empêcher de mener l'enquête.
Nouvel opus de la saga "Einar" et encore une très bonne lecture dévorée en peu de temps ! Décidément, c'est toujours un plaisir de retrouver l'Islande, et en particulier Reykjavik, ainsi que tous les personnages récurrents de la série. L'enquête est à nouveau rondement menée (double enquête même) et le suspens m'a, encore une fois, tenue en haleine jusqu'à la fin !
En bref : toujours au top !

[Kristín Vilhjálmsdóttir]

Þjóðfélagsrýnirinn Árni með sína bestu bók hingað til, hún hélt mér frá upphafi til enda og kom nokkuð á óvart á köflum.

[Skuli Saeland]

Flókin og þunglyndisleg saga en skemmtilega tengd íslenskri samtíð og ljóslifandi persónum. Fannst lesandi hljóðbókarinnar þó afspyrnulélegur og textaupplestur hans hundleiðinlegur á köflum.

[Cryssilda]

fastidieux.... très fastidieux.

[Sirrý Sif]

Fín, eins og hinar bækurnar um Einar blaðamann.

[Agathe]

Thank god, it's over

[Sibylle Seys smets]

Rien capté. C est lent, long, fastidieux, bourré d anecdotes finalement sans intérêt, tiré par les cheveux et surtout sans grand intérêt. Me suis pourtant accrochée mais il m est tombé des mains.