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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
Fabric Type: 9780312428587
Fax Number: Reprint
Legal Disclaimer: 0312428588
Maximum Color Depth: Picador
Metal Type: Picador
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 336
Total External Bays Free: September 01, 2009
Total Firewire Ports: Picador
Total Parallel Ports: September 01, 2009
Picador
Features:- ISBN13: 9780312428587
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Inspector Erlendur returns in this international Bestseller
Following an earthquake, the water level of an Icelandic lake suddenly falls, revealing a skeleton. Inspector Erlendur's investigation takes him back to the Cold War era, when bright, left-wing students in Iceland were sent to study in the "heavenly state" of Communist East Germany. Teaming with spies and informants, though, their "heavenly state" becomes a nightmare of betrayal and murder. Brilliantly weaving international espionage and a chilling cold case investigation, The Draining Lake is Arnaldur Indriason at his best.
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THE DRAINING LAKE is yet another title in Arnaldur Indridason's Reykjavik series. They're all good, old-fashioned detective novels, although set in contemporary Iceland. Indridason's writing is powerful: it's spare, direct, and solid.
The main character in these books is a detective named Erlendur, who schleps through a far from glamorous life, solving cases with his team. Erlendur is estranged from his wife and he has a tenuous, largely unhappy, relationship with his two adult (burn ... Read More
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In the fourth of the Inspector Erlendur series, Gold Dagger Award-winner Arnaldur Indridasson creates a challenging and thought-provoking mystery by revisiting the political complexities of Iceland during the height of the Cold War in the 1970s and 1980s. At this time, many Icelandic young people were resentful of the US presence and its huge naval air station in Keflavik, accusing the US of "spreading filth." While the US and NATO were using this base for strategic defense against possible USSR aggression, ... Read More
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Rather than an intense crime mystery or espionage thriller, 'The Draining Lake' is more of a study of how actions and personal struggles of years gone by (in this case, 1950s socialistic ideals) end in bitter disappointment and leave their marks many years later. All this becomes exposed as an Icelandic police team investigate the identity of someone found buried in lake. No high drama. No great surprises or plot twists. Just fine writing and an interesting story.
Bottom line: not a 'page ... Read More
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Perhaps I'm being quite presumptuous with the review title, because I know nothing about other Icelandic writers. But I have read three of Arnaldur Indridason's "Reykjavik Thrillers," and have been most impressed with his lean prose, painstakingly constructed plots, and the fascinating Detective Erlendur.
This book is about a skeleton recently found in Iceland's Lake Kleifarvatn. Tests determine that it was placed there in the late 1960's. It was tied to a heavy piece of Russian radio receiving equipment ... Read More
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Twenty years ago the Berlin Wall crumbled to the ground, marking the end of the Cold War. Tiny stones scattered deep in memories are the only remaining evidence of the Soviet and American espionage legacy that once held presence in Iceland during the 1950s and 60s. Arnaldur Indridason, native Icelander and award-winning author, has drawn from this legacy to craft his latest novel, //The Draining Lake//. Steeped in the intrigue of this bygone era, Indridason's novel humbly presents an examination of ambition in its ... Read More
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