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A slow-burn courtroom drama with a touch of Gothic charm, the Millennium series closes with The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.
As you can guess from the title, Before I go to Sleep is about a forty-seven-year-old woman, Christine Lucas, who suffers from a condition that leaves her waking up every morning without any memories of the previous day.
Carrying on the Millennium series, Stieg Larsson brilliantly develops his deeply flawed characters in this thrilling Nordic-Noir.
Palpable tension and genuine investment in the characters, makes The Woman in the Dunes an excellent read.
There’s a new shop in town, and it sells everything your heart could desire. The price… why just a simple trick of course.
In summary, No Exit is a strange piece of literature to recommend. On the one hand it’s well written, concise and has deep meaning, and on the other, it can be deemed too surrealist to the point of becoming almost mundane.
Having competed in over twenty marathons, with an ultramarathon (62 miles) to his name, Murakami sits down to tell us all what he was thinking.
Sinister murders and devil worshipping family members; just another day in the life of the Day family.