tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post741488302474480279..comments2023-11-05T01:05:41.190-07:00Comments on International Noir Fiction: Johan Theorin, The QuarryGlenn Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869155065647936216noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-51619616935892977172011-12-19T04:16:25.363-08:002011-12-19T04:16:25.363-08:00Excellent and thoughtful review. I especially like...Excellent and thoughtful review. I especially like your point about the ordinary people/lives. The things that stand out for me in these novels are just that - Julia's state of mind during Echoes, the way the thieves are caught in Darkest, as to the old people a car driving down the road is a big event.<br />I was nervous about Quarry as I had enjoyed the previous books so much, but I needn't have worried, I loved it. It isn't the most focused of narratives, but that isn't a negative. I also like the way that I didn't think much of Per or Vendela at first, but gradually came to sympathise with them both a great deal. And Gerlof must be my favourite character in crime fiction!<br />I think Marlaine Delargy is a very insightful translator.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-87722854978436178372011-12-19T01:57:12.217-08:002011-12-19T01:57:12.217-08:00I have enjoyed all of Theorin's books. I prefe...I have enjoyed all of Theorin's books. I preferred 'Echoes of the Dead' but liked this book very much too. He has an original mind I think and I never feel that I'm rereading old plot lines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com