Books by Hallgrímur Helgason
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review 1: Das Buch ist bissig, zynisch und hart zu den Charakteren und teilweise auch gegenüber dem Leser. Anfangs empfand ich das Buch noch als bissige-humorvolle Lektüre einer alten Frau, die über ihr Leben nachdenkt und sich an den Menschen, die sie nicht mehr beachten, rächt. Sie ist h...
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review 1: An entertaining read. I liked the mixture of humour, obsceneness, and tragedy. I appreciated the author's comedic description of how it feels to be an outsider in Iceland. I feel that the sign of strong character description and development is when a reader is able to really roo...
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review 1: This was a great first read by this Icelandic author. I wanted to read 101 Reykjavik (and am still determined!) but couldn't get a hold of it before my trip to Iceland. I have a tradition before traveling to a new country of reading a book by an author of that country.Helgason'...
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review 1: Adoro i killer e la mafia e tutto il resto, ma questo libro è stata una scoperta adorabile.Mi è piaciuto il protagonista, non so come ingenuo eppure assolutamente pratico e indifferente nel suo mestiere, ho amato la trama e ho quasi chiesto di sposarmi a varie citazioni assolutam...
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review 1: Synopsis/blurb.........With some 66 hits under his belt, Tomislav Bokšić, or Toxic, has a flawless record as hitman for the Croatian mafia in New York. That is, until he kills the wrong guy and is forced to flee the States, leaving behind the life he knows and loves. Suddenly, he...
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review 1: “Herbjörg María Björnsson. Un nom imprononçable que vous n’êtes pas près d’oublier. » Cette phrase, présente sur la quatrième de couverture, peut paraître quelque peu prétentieuse, mais elle résume finalement très bien l’impression générale se dégageant de La femme à 1000°. Au fi...