![]() ![]() She withholds this, and other things, from the police, and is quite detached from the investigation in general. She discovers some things about Halland, like an apartment in Copenhagen he’d been renting, and a niece who’s pregnant with a child she suspects may be his. This makes a difference, because what we see is a very skewed view of the investigation. For one thing, The Murder of Halland is narrated in the first person by Halland’s widow, Bess. Would love to hear from anyone who knows more than me – I’m always a little suspicious of words like “foremost”.Īnyway, back to the what makes this book “literary”. ![]() As this is, I believe, the first Danish book I’ve ever read, I can’t say whether that’s a fair characterisation, or whether there are other pretenders to the crown. This one is by Pia Juul, described on the cover as “Denmark’s foremost literary author”. ![]() It made me think about what makes a book “literary” rather than “genre”, a controversial topic brilliantly handled recently by litlove. Both books incorporate some aspects of genre fiction, while deliberately departing from others and frustrating the reader’s expectations. In this respect it reminds me of Tail of the Blue Bird by Nii Akwei Parkes, reviewed on this site last year. Soon detectives are on the scene, and the victim’s life is being unravelled piece by piece, revealing a double life and several people with possible motives.īut this is not your average detective novel. ![]()
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