330 pages
English language
Published Nov. 22, 2012 by Harvill Secker.
3 stars
(1 review)
A man is making a crude leather mask with slits for eyes and mouth, and an iron spike fixed in the middle of the forehead. It is a 'death mask', once used by Icelandic farmers to slaughter calves. He has revenge in mind. Meanwhile, with Detective Erlendur absent, his colleague Sigurdur Óli is in the spotlight.
Subjects
- Icelandic fiction
- Avarice
- Translations into English
- Police
- Fiction
Places
- Iceland
- Reykjavík (Iceland)
- Reykjavík