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Borderliners by Peter Hoeg
Category: Fiction
A novel of three damaged children suffer the regime of an experimental school where time is an instrument of oppression to be resisted and subverted.
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg
Category: Classics
One snowy day in Copenhagen, six-year-old Isaiah falls to his death from a city rooftop.The police pronounce it an accident. But Isaiah's neighbour, Smilla, suspects murder.She embarks on a dangerous quest to find the truth, following a path of clues as clear to her as footsteps in the snow.
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg; Tiina Nunnally (Translator)
Category: Crime and Thrillers
When a small boy leaps to his death from a snow-covered roof of a Copenhagen apartment building, his friendSmilla -- a Greenlander who can 'read' snow -- knows it was not an accident.For one thing Isiah was horribly afraid of heights. For another, the smallfootprint he left behind tells her he was fleei ...Show more
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg
Category: Crime and Thrillers
A Time Best Book of the Year - An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year - A People Best Book of the Year - Winner of the CWA Silver Dagger Award - A Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel - "Seductive... a superbly constructed thriller."---People - "Splendid entertainment...The suspens ...Show more
Tales of the Night by Peter Hoeg
Category: Fiction
Eight tales, all concerned with love and its conditions, on the night of 19 March, 1929.
The Elephant Keepers' Children by Peter Hoeg
Category: Fiction
What would you do if your parents were con artists? Peter and Tilte are trying to track down two notorious criminals: their parents. They are the pastor and the organist, respectively, of the only church on the tiny island of Fino. Known for fabricating cheap miracles to strengthen their congregation's ...Show more
The Elephant Keepers' Children by Peter Hoeg
Category: Fiction
Peter and Tilte are trying to track down two notorious criminals: their parents. They are the pastor and the organist, respectively, of the only church on the tiny island of Fino. Known for fabricating cheap miracles to strengthen their congregation's faith, they have been in trouble before. But this ti ...Show more
The Quiet Girl by Peter Hoeg
Category: Crime and Thrillers
Set in Denmark in the here and now, "The Quiet Girl" centres around Kaspar Krone, a world-renowned circus clown with a deep love for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and an even deeper gambling debt. Wanted for tax evasion and on the verge of extradition, Krone is drafted into the service of a myster ...Show more
The Quiet Girl by Peter Hoeg
Category: Fiction
Set in Denmark in the here and now, THE QUIET GIRL centres around Kaspar Krone, a world-renowned circus clown with a deep love for the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and an even deeper gambling debt. Wanted for tax evasion and on the verge of extradition, Krone is drafted into the service of a mysterio ...Show more
The Susan Effect by Peter Hoeg
Category: Fiction | Series: Everyman's Library Classics
Susan Svendsen has a special talent: she has a unique ability to make people confide in her and tell her their innermost secrets. She has exploited that talent, and now has a prison sentence hanging over her head for punching a Bollywood actor in an Indian casino. To make matters worse, her husband is o ...Show more
The Woman and the Ape by Peter Hoeg
Category: Fiction | Series: Panther S.
"The Woman and the Ape" is the story of a unique and unforgettable couple--Madelene and Erasmus. Madelene is the wife of Adam Burden, a distinguished behavioral scientist. Erasmus--the unlikely prince--is a 300-pound ape. Brought to the Burdens' London home after escaping from animal smugglers, Erasmus ...Show more
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