FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE GIRL IN THE EAGLE'S TALONS,THE NEW GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO THRILLER FEATURING LISBETH SALANDERSTEEPED IN DARKNESS,COMPLICITY AND FORGIVENESS,THIS BESTSELLING SCANDI NOIR IS FOR FANS OF LITERARY FICTION SUCH AS MY ABSOLUTE DARLING,A LITTLE LIFE AND THE DISCOMFORT OF EVENINGA MAJOR BESTSELLEROPTIONED FOR TV BY THE PRODUCERS OF THE BRIDGESHORTLISTED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS AUGUST PRIZETRANSLATED INTO ELEVEN LANGUAGES'Well worth the read'GUARDIAN'Bleak and beautiful rural noir'CRIMEREADS'Perfect for fans of Scandi-noir dramas'CULTUREFLY__Jana Kippo has returned to Smalnger to see her twin brother,Bror,still living in the small family farmhouse in the remote north of Sweden.Within the isolated community,secrets and lies have grown silently,undisturbed for years.Following the discovery of a young woman's body in the long grass behind the sawmill,the siblings,hooked by a childhood steeped in darkness,need to break free.But the truth cannot be found in other people's stories. The question is - can it be found anywhereA literary noir of phenomenal power about the magnetic attraction of the wrong person,the brutality visited upon one human to another - and a rural community that stood by and did nothing__FURTHER PRAISE FOR MY BROTHER'Possesses the same melodramatic power as Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels'ETC'A media sensation...remarkable'GP'Brutal,colourful,carnal...Impossible to put down'Expresse'A rare story-telling talent'Aftonbladet__READERS LOVE MY BROTHER'A powerful story,brilliantly translated''Rural and epic in landscape,deep and heart-breaking in loss,and truth''If you enjoyed The Discomfort of Evenings by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld,I think you will enjoy this too!'
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Publisher: Pushkin PressISBN: 9781782276708Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
Atmospheric and compulsive... a striking debutBrutal,colourful,carnal... Impossible to put downPerfect for fans of Scandi-noir dramasEvery now and then there are debut novels that appear like crown jewels... My Brother belongs there: clever,detailed and shimmeringA rare storytelling talentWell worth the readPossesses the same melodramatic power as Ferrante's The Neapolitan NovelsA media sensation... remarkableSecrets and lies grow thick and tall like tree trunks... (My Brother) has its own logic and its own hard,coarse beauty
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