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The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3)
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Wil Blevins | 10 comments As this novel continues, the rising action begins with the trial of a known Neo-Nazi brute, Sverre Olson, who is being tried for murder. Everybody knows that this man did it. There is an unsurmountable amount of evidence against him, but he is allowed to walk based on a technicality. A technicality that was Harry Hole's fault, and he doesn't let things like this go very easily. As this case progresses, and Hole keeps tags on Olson and the Neo-Nazis, a murder arises. A man's throat has been slit with surgical precision, with his body left behind a bar known to be the primary hangout for the Neo-Nazi faction of Oslo. As i mentioned in my previous blog, about the historical allusion to WWII and Norway's ties with the Nazis, i didn't realize until the introduction of Sverre Olson, what the significance of it was. Now that this has occurred, i thought it was genius how Nesbø used this type of writing style to produce such an effect on the reader's knowledge of the Neo-Nazis in Norway. He sets up a perfect situation to give you the exact opinion of the Neo-Nazis that he wants you to have. I can't get over how genius it seems to me.


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