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Arctic Chill | 
 enlarge | Author: Arnaldur Indridason
Creators: Bernard Scudder, Victoria Cribb
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1793
Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 1.1
ISBN: 1846550653
EAN: 9781846550652
ASIN: 1846550653
Publication Date: September 4, 2008
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 Boring narrative style. November 18, 2008
Nolind (Devon. UK.)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was recomended to me by Amazon because I had read books by Stig Larrson and Jo Nesbo. Both great authors. Unfortunatlely though I can't get past the dry childlike style of the narrative. 10-15 pages in I had to put the book down because I was bored rigid. Maybe it's just lost in translation or that I can't quite click with the Icelandic psyche.
 Arctic let down! October 22, 2008
A. King (London, UK)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Having thoroughly enjoyed all the other books in Indridason's Erlendur series, this one was very disappointing. The previous books are marked by good plot and great writing. This one fails on both counts. The story line is promising enough. A schoolboy is found murdered and his mother, a Thai national who now lives in Iceland, spirits away the murdered boy's brother. From there on the book goes downhill all the way. The denouement is completely and utterly boring and the frequently occurring ingredient of the childhood fate of Erlendur's brother is well overcooked in this story. If there's a rotten apple in every series, this is it.
 Another classy outing for Erlandur September 30, 2008
Mick Nagle (Wrecclesham, Surrey United Kingdom)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
If you haven't yet joined the Indridason fanclub - I'd recommend reading the Erlandur books in order (first one is Tainted Blood), because. although the stories sit well on their own, there are themes and threads that develop through the series. There's a strong similarity to the Wallender books of Hening Mankell - in particular the underlying sense of a man struggling to find his place in a world whose values are changing - but in my view Indridason stands out from any of his Scandinavian contemporaries for the quality of writing. He has a very simple style but a fantastic sense of narrative structure and characterisation; very understated (exceptionally well translated), and with a minimum of anachronistic plot devices. Highly recommend for anyone who enjoys Mankell, Rankin, Jo Nesbo or Stieg Larson
Terrific September 18, 2008
Simon Clarke (Hackney London)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This captivating novel is Indridason's fifth to be
translated into English from Icelandic,and featuring
the singular Detective Erlendur , backed by his
colleagues Sigurdur Oli and Elinborg.It confirms the
author's status as one of the leading writers of crime/
police procedural novels.
When a 10 year old half-Thai boy is found stabbed on
frozen ground outside his flat,Erlendur wonders whether
there could be a racial motive to the murder.As we follow
the fascinating investigations,the crime opens a national
debate into the consequences of multi-culturalism in Iceland,
and the author's descriptions of the harsh climate,pose
questions as to the effect of this on the Icelandic psyche.
Meanwhile the death of the young boy opens up for Erlendur
memories of the traumatic death of his own young brother.
This is a wonderfully easy to read novel,ably assisted
by excellent translation.It is about as good as crime
writing gets.
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