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Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason receives great reviews in the US

30.9.2005

"This is strong stuff!... [T]he writing has a directness and deceptive simplicity reminiscent of Simenon. Here is a new voice that demands to be listened to!" Reginald Hill, author of Dialogues of the Dead

"JAR CITY is classic mystery fiction, both compassionate and thrilling.  Indridason is about to become one of the brightest stars in the genre´s dark skies"  John Connolly, author of Dark Hollow

"No wonder Arnaldur Indridason won so many awards.  He´s a great storyteller, and American readers will overwhelmingly agree."  C.J. Box, Anthony Award-winning author of Out of Range

"[A]n original and puzzling mystery."  Val McDermid, The Sunday Times (UK)

"JAR CITY is a haunting and elegant novel, and Arnaldur Indridason is a writer of astonishing talent and gravitas."  John Lescroart, auther of Nothing But the Truth

"...A model puzzle presented with clarity and crisp economy."  Kirkus Reviews

JAR CITY won the 2002 Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel.  Other winners have included:  Peter Hoeg, Henning Mankell, and Karin Fossum.

JAR CITY also won the Swedish Caliber Award 2003 as The Best Crime Novel of the Year, and was nominated for the DV Cultural Award and Swedish Martin Beck Award.

Indridason is fast becoming a major European crime writer; he is already published in fourteen countries.

Indridason is the only author other than J.K. Rowling simultaneously to hold the top three spots on the Icelandic bestsellers list.  At one week in the summer of 2003, his crime novels occupied the top five positions.

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