{"product_id":"yours-until-death-paperback","title":"Yours Until Death - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGunnar Staalesen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMargaret Amassian\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The Norwegian Chandler' Jo Nesb \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of my very favourite Scandinavian authors' Ian Rankin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMORE THAN FIVE MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unbearably tense thriller of revenge, murder, bereavement and the destructive force of passion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is at their 'torture chamber', a hut in the pinewoods nearby, that Varg Veum, Private Investigator, first encounters the gang's pathetic but deadly ferocity. Eight-year-old Roar's bicycle had been stolen and not an adult in sight dared retrieve it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut that preliminary brush with youthful violence is nothing compared to what awaited Veum when he got to know Roar's blue-eyed, shy yet sensuous mother, Wenche Andresen, and her estranged husband, Jonas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVeum's attempts to break up Joker and his pack of young thugs by enlisting the help of the local youth club leader proves a dead end. But not so dead as the man who found lying prone with a knife in his back on the floor of Andresen's flat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYours Until Death\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is an unbearably tense novel of revenge and murder about marriage, childhood, bereavement and the destructive force of passion. First published in Norwegian in 1979, it was described by the critic Nils Nordberg as \u003cb\u003e'one of the finest, most serious, most ambitious books in post-war Norwegian crime writing'.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Norwegian by Margaret Amassian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGUNNAR STAALESEN was born in Bergen, Norway in 1947. He made his debut at the age of twenty-two with \u003ci\u003eSeasons of Innocence \u003c\/i\u003eand in 1977 he published the first book in the Varg Veum series. He is the author of over 20 titles, which have been published in 24 countries and sold over two million copies. Twelve film adaptations of his Varg Veum crime novels have appeared since 2007, starring the popular Norwegian actor Trond Epsen Seim. Staalesen, who has twice won Norway's top crime prize, the Golden Pistol, lives in Bergen with his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 331\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725083119679,"sku":"9781906413705","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b1f903f6338e4d03810d7f82a7b0fefd.webp?v=1765105091","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/yours-until-death-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}