Books by Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson
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review 1: This is so much more what I was looking for from this author when I picked up his more recent novel, Daybreak. This novel, set in the early 1970's, includes long excerpts from a series of fictitious diaries from the late twenties through WWII. I learned more of the rough histor...
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review 1: First book I've read by Ingolfsson and first time he's come to my attention. Having visited Iceland I am always interested in books by Icelandic authors. I had, as usual, no idea of who the killer was and thought the mystery was kept a mystery for a good long time. Loved the s...
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review 1: This book seemed very slow at the beginning as the author builds a sense of place for the story. The characters seemed a bit uninteresting to me initially although I liked Grimur and it was obvious that Kjarlton had something to hide. The use of passages from the Flatey book wa...
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review 1: Ambitious book with time period well covered back and forth by use of diaries kept by a main character. Interesting the keen student young man leaving Iceland, studies in Denmark then Germany. His first train ride ever setting him on an obsession throughout his life to build a ra...
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review 1: Viktor Ingolfsson is a very accomplished writer. I generally do not read crime but have found both the "House of Evidence" and "The Flatey Enigma" fascinating.The story of a man's attempt to bring the railway to Iceland in the first half of the 20th century does not on the face o...
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review 1: When a man is discovered murdered in the Icelandic embassy in Berlin, Icelandic detectives are sent to investigate. There suspects quickly become the ambassador and six after hours dinner guests. The trail leads back to Iceland and a fire that claimed the life of a young woman de...
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review 1: I love a good mystery/crime book. It is always interesting to read a European based book once in a while to really contrast with the American approach.Daybreak is set in Iceland, there is a killer on the loose. He is killing goose hunters. It is up to Birkir and Gunnar of Reyk...
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review 1: Okay, so obviously I'm enjoying how consistently Ingolfsson is. Plus I got to feel smug about having my pet theory proved correct.Anyway - the one that takes place in 1960s Iceland, rather than in modern times. I liked the idea of the setting and it was obviously well-researched ...
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review 1: There are sagas, history tales, myths, legends. There are a few inhabitants on this small island. By about 78% the story seemed to take more shape. The ending ties up all mystery of the current crimes of today including the author relating more saga facts from this long history....