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 404
... realized that he had found his angle , for the first time he realized that he had a microscopic chance of actu- ally beating such a superior opponent as Gjermund Boeck , an out - and - out fiend as well as being an ambassador and his ...
... realized that he had found his angle , for the first time he realized that he had a microscopic chance of actu- ally beating such a superior opponent as Gjermund Boeck , an out - and - out fiend as well as being an ambassador and his ...
Page 461
... realize what a striking face he had . And on the screen , or on camera , something had happened to it , making it ... realized something else , because he had not always had such a striking face , it must only have become fully formed ...
... realize what a striking face he had . And on the screen , or on camera , something had happened to it , making it ... realized something else , because he had not always had such a striking face , it must only have become fully formed ...
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... realize , to your horror , that all this time , in some padded corner of your brain , you have been work- ing on ideas for your programme on the World's Fair , on the Expo in Seville ; you realize , with something bordering on despair ...
... realize , to your horror , that all this time , in some padded corner of your brain , you have been work- ing on ideas for your programme on the World's Fair , on the Expo in Seville ; you realize , with something bordering on despair ...
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