The son
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Author
Contributors
Barslund, Charlotte, translator.
Status
Burlington Public Library - Adult Fiction
F NESBO
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F NESBO
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Book
Physical Desc
401 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Translation of: Sønnen
General Note
This translation was originally published in Great Britain by Harvill Secker, an imprint of Random House, London.
Description
This novel is set amid Oslo's hierarchy of corruption, from which one very unusual young man is about to propel himself into a mission of brutal revenge. Sonny Lofthus, in his early thirties, has been in prison for the last dozen years: serving time for crimes he didn't commit. In exchange, he gets an uninterrupted supply of heroin, and the unexpected stream of fellow prisoners seeking out his uncanny abilities to soothe and absolve. His addiction started when his father committed suicide rather than be exposed as a corrupt cop, and now Sonny is the center of a vortex of corruption: prison staff, police, lawyers, a desperate priest, all of them focused on keeping him stoned and jailed, and all of them under the thumb of Oslo's crime overlord, the Twin. When Sonny learns some long-hidden truths about his father he makes a brilliant escape, and begins hunting down the people responsible for the hideous crimes he has paid for. But he is also being hunted, by the Twin, the cops, and the only person who knows the ultimate truth that Sonny is seeking. The question is, what will he do when they have cornered him?
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Nesbø, J., & Barslund, C. (2014). The son . Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nesbø, Jo, 1960- and Charlotte, Barslund. 2014. The Son. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Nesbø, Jo, 1960- and Charlotte, Barslund. The Son New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Nesbø, Jo, and Charlotte Barslund. The Son Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
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