The Redbreast 901778 194352111 2008-02-27T04:57:42Z Henry Merrivale 4844128 small misc corrections {{Infobox Book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = The Redbreast | title_orig = Rødstrupe | translator = [[Don Bartlett]] | image = [[Image:TheRedbreast.jpg|200px]] | image_caption = British first edition cover | author = [[Jo Nesbø]] | cover_artist = | country = [[Norway]] | language = [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] | series = [[Harry Hole]], #3 | genre = [[Crime novel]] | publisher = [[Random House|Harvill Secker]] | pub_date = 2000 | english_pub_date = September 2006 | media_type = Print ([[Hardcover]], [[Paperback]]) | pages = 450 pp (Eng. hardback trans.) | isbn = ISBN 184343217X (Eng. trans.) | preceded_by = [[The Cockroaches (novel)|The Cockroaches]] | followed_by = [[Nemesis (Nesbo novel)|Nemesis]] }} '''''The Redbreast''''' ({{lang-no|Rødstrupe}}, [[2000 in literature|2000]]) is a [[crime novel]] by [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] writer [[Jo Nesbø]], the third in the [[Harry Hole]] series. This one begins during former President [[Bill Clinton|Clinton's]] visit to [[Norway]], where Harry reluctantly ends up playing an important role. Ramifications of the mission Harry is tasked with lead to him investigating neo-Nazi activity in Norway, and delving into a crime that has its roots in the battlefields of Eatern Front WWII. The novel was voted Best Norwegian Crime Novel ever. Upon translation into [[English language|English]], by Don Bartlett, the novel was shortlsited for the [[Crime Writers' Association]] [[Duncan Lawrie International Dagger]]. ===External links=== *[http://www.norway.org.uk/culture/literature/redbreast.htm English review] {{DEFAULTSORT:Redbreast, The}} [[Category:2000 novels]] [[Category:Norwegian novels]] [[Category:Crime novels]] [[no:Rødstrupe (bok)]] {{Norway-stub}} {{crime-novel-stub}}