Miss Smilla's Feeling For Snow
$20.09
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2012
Summary
The original Scandinavian thriller
One snowy day in Copenhagen, six-year-old Isaiah falls to his death from a city rooftop.
The police pronounce it an accident. But Isaiah’s neighbour, Smilla, an expert in the ways of snow and ice, suspects murder. She embarks on a dangerous quest to find the truth, following a path of clues as clear to her as footsteps in the snow.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781860461675 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1860461670 |
| Author: | Peter Høeg |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Harvill Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2012 |
| Weight: | 26g |
| Dimensions: | 296mm x 197mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Harvill Panther S. |
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A subtle novel, yet direct, clever, wistful, unforgettable - Ruth Rendell, Daily Telegraph
A subtle novel, yet direct, clever, wistful, unforgettable - Ruth Rendell, Daily Telegraph
Unusual and enveloping. Extraordinarily evocative, atmospheric and poetic - Sunday Times
On one level, both a whodunnit and a thriller - ingeniously plotted. Extremely hard to put down. Peter Høeg’s novel is already making for classic status - Independent
Read Høeg’s delicious, icy-cool, Scandinavian detective story while sunbathing on a Caribbean beach. We guarantee it will make you shiver. * Independent on Sunday, Greatest Holiday Reads Ever *
An Arctic tale worthy of Conrad - New Statesman
A cracker…hard to put down…a real find - Edmund White
About The Author
Peter Høeg
Peter Høeg was born in 1957 and followed various callings - dancer, actor, fencer, sailor, mountaineer - before he turned seriously to writing. He published his first novel, The History of Danish Dreams, in 1988, and was called ‘the foremost writer of his generation’ by Information magazine. His crime novel Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow received universal acclaim and was an international bestseller.
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