The SeducerThis postmodernist Norwegian novel, an international bestseller and winner of Scandinavia''s top literary award, will have readers on the edge of their seats, as Jan Kj 6rstad waves his magic adventure wand and seduces all. Protagonist Jonas Wargerand is a successful TV documentary producer and also something of God''s gift to women. One day he returns from the World''s Fair in Seville and discovers his wife dead on the living room floor. What follows is a quest full of twists and turns to find the killer. |
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Page 146
... thing I like most about this phenomenon is that , at this stage of their lives , boys , even the most ruthless careerists in the making , actu- ally take time and exercise patience so that the innocent path from a girl's fingertips to ...
... thing I like most about this phenomenon is that , at this stage of their lives , boys , even the most ruthless careerists in the making , actu- ally take time and exercise patience so that the innocent path from a girl's fingertips to ...
Page 273
... thing they would not have understood anyway , even if there had been gauges to meas- ure that sort of thing , was Jonas's feeling of being totally out of joint , of lying there like a carcass that had been chopped limb from limb . Jonas ...
... thing they would not have understood anyway , even if there had been gauges to meas- ure that sort of thing , was Jonas's feeling of being totally out of joint , of lying there like a carcass that had been chopped limb from limb . Jonas ...
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... thing upside down , making you see the world in a totally differ- ent light . And then it happened , what Jonas Wergeland had hoped for and yet had not dared hope for . After a long talk in the kitchen , three weeks after they had met ...
... thing upside down , making you see the world in a totally differ- ent light . And then it happened , what Jonas Wergeland had hoped for and yet had not dared hope for . After a long talk in the kitchen , three weeks after they had met ...
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