└ Index LITERARY FICTION
“... this is above all a riveting contemporary story that gives the reader more satisfaction than can usually be expected from reading crime fiction.” MORG U N BL A DI D N E W S PA PE R (O N C OL D BL O OD)
The Lion Has Many Ears
Cold Blood
Mörg eru ljónsins eyru, novel, 2010
Cold Blood is an unusual crime novel where
Kalt er annars blóð, novel, 2007 the traditional format is beautifully interlaced with the traditional Icelandic Saga and Icelandic
The Lion has Many Ears is a second novel in
fate in the past and present.
a crime series using the Icelandic Sagas as a
In the chilly city of Reykjavik a raven circles
model. This time the author plays with themes
the sky and watches events unfold that will have
from Laxdaela Saga and recreates it in a
dire consequences. He sees things hidden to
modern context.
human eyes – money exchanging hands, cats
This novel is a follow up of Cold Blood, nomi-
run over by cars, houses burnt to the ground,
nated for the Icelandic Literature Prize in 2007,
and people shot like dogs. When Asa finds a body
resetting scenes from Niall’s Saga in a contempo-
by chance in a gravel mound out on the heath
rary setting. In these stories the traditional
many unknown things start coming to light –
crime fiction format is beautifully interlaced
what drives people to make away with others
with the Icelandic traditional Saga and Icelandic
and what happens when restraints disappear one
fate in the past and present. 324 pp
by one and things spin out of control? 332 pp
• Nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize 2010
• Nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize 2007
Chapters in English available
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